“We are harnessing the benefits of frozen Russian assets to purchase military equipment,” LoCorno said For Ukraine. France It earned 300 million euros at the end of 2024 alone.”
He added that this amount made it possible to “order 12 new Caesar artillery that will be delivered to Ukraine, in addition to 155-caliber shells, Aster missiles, AASM guided bombs, and Mistral missiles.”
Ukraine has previously received about 60 Caesar cannons, and will receive about 80 by the end of 2024, the ministry told AFP.
The announcement of new equipment purchases comes For Kiev At a time when the Ukrainian president hopes Volodymyr Zelensky In continued support from his allies in order to stand up to the Russian advance.
This week, Zelensky presented his “victory plan” to his Western allies, which aims to put his country in a position of strength before any negotiations.
Commenting on this plan, Locorno said that “some aspects” of this plan are “interesting and worth working on.”
He continued, saying: “This plan shows in particular that Ukraine is preparing for possible negotiations. It is up to us to help it sit at the negotiating table with a favorable balance of power, because it is clear that Russia “You will only respect the balance of power.”
LoCorno concluded his speech by saying: “We have to ask ourselves a question: What security guarantees can we provide to Ukraine? There is, of course, NATO membership (NATO“But there is also everything we can do to help Ukraine build a strong army capable of permanently discouraging Russia.”