During his interview on France 2 on Wednesday evening, the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, announced that France would deliver anti-aircraft defense systems to Ukraine. The French president also repeated that France was considering delivering additional Caesar guns to Ukraine.
France will deliver anti-aircraft defense systems to Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday during an interview on France 2. “We will deliver radars, systems and missiles (anti-aircraft, editor’s note) to protect (Ukrainians) from attacks, especially to protect them from drone attacks,” he said. kyiv has suffered massive strikes from Russia for several days.
Delivery of additional Caesar guns
The French president also repeated that France was considering delivering additional Caesar guns to Ukraine. “We have delivered 18” since the beginning of the war, “we are working on the delivery of six additional guns with Denmark”, he declared, explaining that these six Caesars were initially intended for the Danish army. “We are trying to deliver them immediately to the Ukrainians,” he said. In addition, France will position around twenty Leclerc tanks in Romania in order to reinforce its military presence on the eastern flank of NATO.
kyiv has asked its allies to help it strengthen its anti-aircraft defense, after two days of intensive Russian bombardment throughout the territory, particularly in kyiv, which caused dozens of civilian casualties and destroyed infrastructure. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the creation of an anti-aircraft “shield” over Ukraine.