New weapons will allow the military to more effectively defend against Russian aggression
Emmanuel Macron promised to help Ukraine with weapons. Photo: collage “Today”
French President Emmanuel Macron said that Paris will transfer six CAESAR self-propelled guns to Ukraine in addition to the announced arms deliveries. So, in total, 18 CAESAR self-propelled artillery installations from France will be transferred.
Macron announced this during a visit to Kyiv today, June 16.
“We will strengthen military support, including CAESAR self-propelled guns, which will allow the military to more effectively defend against Russian aggression,” he said.
Macron noted that France will not force Ukraine to peace talks with the Russian Federation. According to him, the Ukrainian authorities personally must determine the conditions for a dialogue with the Kremlin.
“We always support the dialogue option, because one day the conflict must end and negotiations must begin. But the terms of the negotiations must be determined by Ukraine: France and Germany will never mediate behind Ukraine’s back and will never demand conditions from Ukraine,” he added. French President.
Macron justified his talks with Putin with food security
French President Emmanuel Macron has said he needs to keep in touch with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. According to him, he talks to him only after the consent of our head of state, Volodymyr Zelensky. Macron spoke about this during a visit to Kyiv today, June 16.
“We need to have a channel of dialogue with the Russian Federation, for example, on food security issues. And if we can get some progress, then we must do everything that depends on us,” the French president said.
Macron noted: when a window of opportunity opens, he does it every time with the consent of Zelensky. According to the French leader, discussions with Russia will need to be continued.
“There should be discussions. When we communicated with the Russian Federation from the very beginning, Zelensky agreed to this. Since 2019, we have been communicating in this context,” Macron added.
We previously wrote that French President Emmanuel Macron said that France, Germany, Italy and Romania are in favor of immediately granting Ukraine the status of an EU candidate. According to him, Ukraine is part of the European family. Thus, the EU countries support our country.
Besides, French President Emmanuel Macron commented on his statement about “saving face to Putin”. According to him, Ukraine must win the war unleashed by the Russian Federation.
Source: Segodnya
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