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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - A Ukrainian serviceman drives a British FV103 Spartan armoured personnel carrier on a road that leads to the town of Chasiv Yar, in the Donetsk region, on March 30, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. — AFP pic
PARIS, March 31 — France’s defence minister said Paris would deliver “hundreds” of armoured personnel carriers and anti-aircraft missiles as part a new aid package to Ukraine in its war against Russian invaders.
“To hold such as extensive front line, the Ukrainian army needs for example our VAB vehicles: it’s absolutely essential for troop mobility,” Sebastien Lecornu told La Tribune newspaper in an interview published today.
France is currently phasing out its VAB fleet — some of them more than 40 years old — with new Griffon armoured vehicles, but Lecornu said the older models were “still operational”.
“We’re talking about hundreds of them for 2024 and early 2025,” he said.
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Paris will also supply more Aster 30 anti-aircraft missiles for SAMP/T launchers, similar to the US-supplied Patriot air defence systems.
“We are also developing remotely operated munitions in a very short timeframe, to deliver them to Ukraine starting this summer,” Lecornu added.
The French government is pushing defence companies to ramp up production to meet the needs of its own army and to ensure continued support to Ukraine after more than two years of war with Russia.
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Kyiv has warned its stocks of munitions are running low, urging in particular Washington to end a political standoff that has frozen a new US$60 billion (RM283 billion) aid package. — AFP
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