{"id":727598,"date":"2026-01-29T02:22:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T02:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/727598\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T02:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T02:22:24","slug":"france-to-boost-ukraine-aid-with-power-generators-weapons-deliveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/727598\/","title":{"rendered":"France to Boost Ukraine Aid With Power Generators, Weapons Deliveries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>France is set to provide Ukraine with further assistance, including power generators and a new tranche of military equipment such as aircraft, air defense missiles and aerial munitions, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement published on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/V_Zelenskiy_official\/17791\">Telegram<\/a>, Zelensky said he held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron covering a broad agenda, including diplomatic coordination, legislative cooperation, the Russian \u201cshadow fleet\u201d and efforts to stabilize Ukraine\u2019s energy system.<\/p>\n<p>JOIN US ON TELEGRAM<\/p>\n<p>Follow our coverage of the war on the <a class=\"inarticle_link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Kyivpost_official\" target=\"_blank\">@Kyivpost_official<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, we discussed how to strengthen our energy resilience. In the near future, Ukraine will receive generators from France. Additional deliveries of French aircraft, air defense missiles, and aerial bombs are also planned for this year,\u201d Zelensky wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian leader also expressed gratitude to Macron for offering condolences following a Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/post\/68899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strike on a passenger train<\/a> in the Kharkiv region that killed five people.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EmmanuelMacron\/status\/2016566032622580157\">X<\/a>, Macron reaffirmed France\u2019s support for Ukraine, condemning strikes on energy infrastructure across the country and saying: \u201cWe will support Ukraine for as long as necessary so that it can defend itself and repel the aggressive war waged by Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrance also remains firmly determined to increase pressure on Russia for as long as it evades peace,\u201d he added. \u201cWe are working on new sanctions at the European level and will continue our efforts to restrict the activities of the \u2018shadow fleet.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"col-10 col-sm-3 block-insert-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/post\/68951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img-fluid post-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fb034e65a7e15ac522976b2f81f2688e.jpg\" alt=\"Ukraine Drone Troops Claim Big Russian Kill Scores, Announce Expansion Plans for 2026\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other Topics of Interest<\/p>\n<p>                                <a class=\"title-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/post\/68951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine Drone Troops Claim Big Russian Kill Scores, Announce Expansion Plans for 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian military stats say four out of five Russian military targets destroyed or damaged in combat in 2025 were taken out by a drone.<\/p>\n<p>It was the latest demonstration of support for Kyiv from Paris after Macron <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/post\/68187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced on Jan. 16<\/a> that France had replaced the US as Ukraine\u2019s main intelligence provider in its defense against the Russian invasion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a year ago Ukraine was predominantly dependent on American intelligence capabilities, today France provides two-thirds of these capabilities. Two-thirds!\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The comments came days after the EU <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/post\/68647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said it would dispatch<\/a> hundreds of additional generators to Ukraine to help maintain electricity supplies for critical facilities amid continued Russian strikes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia\u2019s continued attacks on Ukraine\u2019s energy infrastructure are deliberately depriving civilians of heat, light and basic services in the middle of harsh winter,\u201d said European Union crisis management commissioner Hadja Lahbib.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France is set to provide Ukraine with further assistance, including power generators and a new tranche of military&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[2000,299,657],"class_list":{"0":"post-727598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115976008076410047","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}