A “historic agreement”. Volodymyr Zelensky signs, with Emmanuel Macron in Paris this Monday, November 17, a “statement of intent” with a view to purchasing around a hundred French Rafale fighters, which Ukraine will acquire for the first time, and new generation air defense systems.
According to Elysée, this agreement was planned “within ten years”estimate possible future contracts “Ukrainian acquisition of French defense equipment” new: “from an order of 100 Rafales, with associated armament”as well as other weapons, including the new generation SAMP-T air defense system under development, radar systems and drones.
Emmanuel Macron welcomed his Ukrainian counterpart this Monday morning at the Villacoublay air base in Paris, before the signing of an arms agreement described as“historical” by Volodymyr Zelensky. Apart from the French president, the industrialists also specifically gave the leader of the country, which has been at war since 2022 with Russia, French Rafale fighter planes and their weapons, a new generation anti-aircraft defense system as well as several drone systems.
On Saturday, Volodymyr Zelensky said he needed, “to save lives” from “more air defense systems, strengthened protection capabilities and greater resolve on the part of its partners.”
