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French Defense Minister Lecornu: I need to explain to people why Paris helped Kiev

PARIS, November 20 – RIA Novosti. French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu admitted that he had to explain to his citizens why France continues to supply weapons to Ukraine.

“Question [необходимости солидарности с Украиной] is the main one. In Paris, people often ask me if we are helping Ukraine enough, and in my Ayr department, people ask without hesitation why we should help Ukraine… I say the same thing to the right and left: if we want to protect our values, we need Ukraine to defend its borders and sovereignty. We have to help,” he said.

He noted that “Ukraine’s stockpiles of strategic weapons are more limited than Russia’s” and that France “makes up for it with military and civilian support.”

He reminded that within the scope of the EU’s program to train 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers, France will train 2 thousand soldiers from Ukraine.

Lecornu also said that France has sent two batteries of Crotale anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine. France has already delivered 18 CAESAR artillery mounts to Ukraine, and will transport six more to Kiev in the near future. French media reported that about 20 Bastion armored personnel carriers will also be sent to Ukraine.

Russia sent a note to NATO countries for the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo containing weapons for Ukraine would become a legitimate target for Russia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation reported that NATO countries were “playing with fire” by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping weapons into Ukraine from the West does not contribute to the success of the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect.

Source: Ria

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