France to provide new missiles, used armored vehicles to Ukraine, defense minister says – POLITICO

France will send new surface-to-air missiles and old armored vehicles to Ukraine, the country’s defense minister announced on Sunday.

Sébastien Lecornu told La Tribune Dimanche that President Emmanuel Macron had asked him to design a “new aid program” to help kyiv defend itself against the Russian invasion.

This will be “in particular old equipment from our armies, which is still functional”, he specified. “To hold such a long front line, the Ukrainian army needs, for example, our armored vehicles. This is absolutely essential for troop mobility and is part of Ukraine’s demands.”