France plans to double the number of 155 mm NATO caliber shells supplied to Ukraine, increasing its number to 2,000 per month, and will also supply the SAMP / T anti-aircraft missile system (SAM). This was expressed by the Minister of the French Armed Forces, Sebastian Lecornu, in an interview with the newspaper. Le Figaro.
Lecornu recalled that the Franco-Italian production SAMP / T air defense system cost several hundred million euros.
According to the minister, he is currently working with French Prime Minister Elisabeth Born on the renewal of the Ukraine Support Fund, which has already spent €200 million.
22 March NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in an interview with the Guardian expression The view that the conflict in Ukraine will not end in the near future, as Moscow is waging a “war of attrition”, increasing military-industrial production and is ready to send “thousands and thousands of military personnel” to the war zone. In this context, he noted that Western countries should reach their defense finance targets of 2% of GDP and be ready for long-term supply of ammunition to Ukraine.