We will give Ukraine hundreds of armored vehicles and new missiles, Macron instructed the Minister of Defense

The Ukrainian army needs to armor a very long front line, which requires armored vehicles. This is absolutely the key to troop mobility and it is part of Ukrainian demands, said the French defense minister.

According to him, Pa wants to provide Kyiv with hundreds of VAB armored vehicles this year or at least next year. The French army is gradually replacing the tanks of these armored vehicles, which were first put into operation at the end of the 70s of the last century, with a new multi-purpose military transporter, noted the Reuters agency.

Lecornu added that France is going to send Ukraine a new batch of Aster 30 surface-to-air missiles for the SAMP/T anti-aircraft defense system, which Pa provided to the attacked country. According to Reuters, the Aster 30 can intercept combat aircraft, drones and satellites with a flat flight path within a range of 120 kilometers. Ukraine urgently needs better ground-based air defense, Lecornu said, adding that Russia will intensify attacks on Ukrainian civilians and civilian infrastructure.

According to the newspaper, the French Minister of Defense said that he had asked the government agency for the purchase of military equipment to submit proposals to speed up the production of Aster missiles, manufactured by the European company MBDA. According to him, these stelae are used in the Red Sea, where French frigates provide protection for ships against the flow of Yemeni rebels supported by Hs. You control a large part of western Yemen, and since November it’s on a cargo ship sailing in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.