Until now, France has kept silent about the content of its military shipments. But Emmanuel Macron detailed this Friday the arms deliveries to kyiv.
Unlike many Western allies, France kept silent about the content of its military deliveries to kyiv. She hardly assumed to send fuel and ” defensive armament “, that is to say helmets, bullet-proof vests, demining and medical equipment. Contacted several times in recent weeks by Le Figaro , the Ministry of the Armed Forces did not wish to explain its silence.
But in an interview with Ouest-France , Emmanuel Macron unveiled this Friday the shipment of Milan anti-tank missiles and Caesar self-propelled guns. Regarding the former, it is not really news insofar as the rebellious deputy Alexis Corbière, member of the National Defense and Armed Forces Committee of the National Assembly, had already revealed the supply of ” some anti-tank missiles “, for which he had been reproached by the majority. The newspaper Le Monde had confirmed this information, referring to the delivery of “ a few dozen ” Milan missiles. Referring to French aid worth a total of 120 million euros, L’Opinionclarified that France also offered Javelin anti-tank missiles and Mistral very short-range anti-aircraft missiles.
On the other hand, so far, the delivery of Caesar guns had not leaked. Deployed in Iraq against the Islamic State but also in Mali with formidable efficiency, these self-propelled guns can launch 155 mm shells 40 kilometers away with a rate of six to eight rounds per minute. The candidate president did not specify the extent of this delivery. We only know that France wants to acquire 109 Caesars in 2025. According to Ouest-France , 12 guns would be taken from Army stocks for entry into service ” early May “.
The Ministry of the Armed Forces recently changed its discretion, revealing in a press release dated April 15 to deliver “ means of protection, optronic equipment, armament and ammunition, as well as weapon systems ”. For Ukraine, the receipt of such heavy weapons could weigh heavily in its fight against the Russian invader. For several weeks, Westerners have indeed assumed the sending of new equipment, such as armored vehicles. On Tuesday, John Kirby, spokesman for the Pentagon, announced the availability of spare parts for fighter planes .
Essential Weapons
The US aid of 800 million decided by Joe Biden allows the delivery of 72 Howitzer howitzers and their vehicles, 144,000 shells and 121 Phoenix Ghost killer drones. It is in addition to 11 Mi-17 helicopters, 10 AN/TPQ36 mobile anti-artillery radars and two AN/MPQ64 Sentinel anti-aircraft radars. 500 Javelin anti-tank missiles, thousands of other anti-tank systems, 200 M113 armored personnel carriers, 100 Humvee light armored vehicles, 300 Switchblade kamikaze drones as well as equipment for protection against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons already planned by Washington.
For the new ” Battle of Donbass “, these new weapons could play a vital role. ” It’s almost a second war that will start for Ukraine ,” recently warned Joseph Henrotin, editor-in-chief of the journal Defense and International Security (DSI), in a recent decryption of Figaro . ” His army has strengthened in morale, in determination, but also in equipment, delivered by the West or taken from the Russians “, he continued.
Basically: feels to me like France capitalizing on German dithering by making this stuff public. Anyway, thanks France!
I think this is because the Russian propaganda for some reason targeted France a couple of days ago. Suddenly reddit was full of posts with people accusing France of being like secret allies of Putin or whatever.
Coincidentally speaking about this for the first time days before the election
This is stupid. France is giving away military information for free to Russia just to get some propaganda returns. This is a failure not just of Macron, but of the entire French State that should stop the politicians from getting away with these things.
Russia would spend time, money and resources with military operations to get this kind of information, which is very important because it gives them data on what more the Ukrainian army can achieve with these weapons and also which supplies they have (and need); now they won’t have to because it’s all been given to them for free. Even if it was just a small amount of time and resources needed to get this, it’s still a small advantage for Russia. Extremely stupid move. All of the Western aid to Ukraine should be surrounded by secrecy and it should only be discussed and detailed to Ukraine, not to the general public and to the enemies.
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Until now, France has kept silent about the content of its military shipments. But Emmanuel Macron detailed this Friday the arms deliveries to kyiv.
Unlike many Western allies, France kept silent about the content of its military deliveries to kyiv. She hardly assumed to send fuel and ” defensive armament “, that is to say helmets, bullet-proof vests, demining and medical equipment. Contacted several times in recent weeks by Le Figaro , the Ministry of the Armed Forces did not wish to explain its silence.
But in an interview with Ouest-France , Emmanuel Macron unveiled this Friday the shipment of Milan anti-tank missiles and Caesar self-propelled guns. Regarding the former, it is not really news insofar as the rebellious deputy Alexis Corbière, member of the National Defense and Armed Forces Committee of the National Assembly, had already revealed the supply of ” some anti-tank missiles “, for which he had been reproached by the majority. The newspaper Le Monde had confirmed this information, referring to the delivery of “ a few dozen ” Milan missiles. Referring to French aid worth a total of 120 million euros, L’Opinionclarified that France also offered Javelin anti-tank missiles and Mistral very short-range anti-aircraft missiles.
On the other hand, so far, the delivery of Caesar guns had not leaked. Deployed in Iraq against the Islamic State but also in Mali with formidable efficiency, these self-propelled guns can launch 155 mm shells 40 kilometers away with a rate of six to eight rounds per minute. The candidate president did not specify the extent of this delivery. We only know that France wants to acquire 109 Caesars in 2025. According to Ouest-France , 12 guns would be taken from Army stocks for entry into service ” early May “.
The Ministry of the Armed Forces recently changed its discretion, revealing in a press release dated April 15 to deliver “ means of protection, optronic equipment, armament and ammunition, as well as weapon systems ”. For Ukraine, the receipt of such heavy weapons could weigh heavily in its fight against the Russian invader. For several weeks, Westerners have indeed assumed the sending of new equipment, such as armored vehicles. On Tuesday, John Kirby, spokesman for the Pentagon, announced the availability of spare parts for fighter planes .
Essential Weapons
The US aid of 800 million decided by Joe Biden allows the delivery of 72 Howitzer howitzers and their vehicles, 144,000 shells and 121 Phoenix Ghost killer drones. It is in addition to 11 Mi-17 helicopters, 10 AN/TPQ36 mobile anti-artillery radars and two AN/MPQ64 Sentinel anti-aircraft radars. 500 Javelin anti-tank missiles, thousands of other anti-tank systems, 200 M113 armored personnel carriers, 100 Humvee light armored vehicles, 300 Switchblade kamikaze drones as well as equipment for protection against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons already planned by Washington.
For the new ” Battle of Donbass “, these new weapons could play a vital role. ” It’s almost a second war that will start for Ukraine ,” recently warned Joseph Henrotin, editor-in-chief of the journal Defense and International Security (DSI), in a recent decryption of Figaro . ” His army has strengthened in morale, in determination, but also in equipment, delivered by the West or taken from the Russians “, he continued.
Basically: feels to me like France capitalizing on German dithering by making this stuff public. Anyway, thanks France!
I think this is because the Russian propaganda for some reason targeted France a couple of days ago. Suddenly reddit was full of posts with people accusing France of being like secret allies of Putin or whatever.
Coincidentally speaking about this for the first time days before the election
This is stupid. France is giving away military information for free to Russia just to get some propaganda returns. This is a failure not just of Macron, but of the entire French State that should stop the politicians from getting away with these things.
Russia would spend time, money and resources with military operations to get this kind of information, which is very important because it gives them data on what more the Ukrainian army can achieve with these weapons and also which supplies they have (and need); now they won’t have to because it’s all been given to them for free. Even if it was just a small amount of time and resources needed to get this, it’s still a small advantage for Russia. Extremely stupid move. All of the Western aid to Ukraine should be surrounded by secrecy and it should only be discussed and detailed to Ukraine, not to the general public and to the enemies.