https://sputnikglobe.com/20240423/france-currently-unable-to-give-answer-about-sampt-supplies-to-ukraine---reports-1118067847.html
France Currently Unable to Give Answer About SAMP/T Supplies to Ukraine - Reports
France Currently Unable to Give Answer About SAMP/T Supplies to Ukraine - Reports
Sputnik International
France cannot give an answer about new supplies of the SAMP/T anti-aircraft missile system to Ukraine at the moment, French newspaper Le Monde reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
2024-04-23T03:53+0000
2024-04-23T03:53+0000
2024-04-23T03:53+0000
military
ukraine
france
le monde
europe
ukrainian crisis
ukrainian conflict
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e8/03/12/1117413891_0:141:3141:1908_1920x0_80_0_0_0908c86bef395b8d5a80c9ebef882218.jpg
During the G7 foreign ministers' meeting on the Italian island of Capri last week, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba reportedly asked his French counterpart, Stephane Sejourne, to provide Ukraine with the new French SAMP/T Mamba system, which is a French-Italian mobile anti-aircraft defense weapon similar to the US Patriot systems. France supplied Ukraine with a SAMP/T system last year. The newspaper also reported, citing a German diplomat, that a number of European countries, such as Spain, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland and Romania, have Patriot air defense systems, but are unwilling to send them to Ukraine.On April 12, French newspaper Le Figaro reported, citing sources, that Kiev had asked Paris to help the Ukrainian military hold the positions on the battlefield that year so that it could launch a new counteroffensive in 2025. Ukraine is in need of the SAMP/T air defense system and missiles compatible with it, the report said.However, despite pressure from the French government, missile maker MBDA will not be able to supply more Aster 30 missiles for the system in the short term, although the French military also needs them for its own missions, the newspaper added.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20230921/ex-mep-calls-for-france-to-cease-arms-supplies-to-ukraine-in-wake-of-polish-decision-1113558247.html
ukraine
france
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
2024
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
News
en_EN
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
samp/t ukraine, france arms for ukraine, france boosting ukrainian military, anti-aircraft missile system in ukraine, european military in ukraine
samp/t ukraine, france arms for ukraine, france boosting ukrainian military, anti-aircraft missile system in ukraine, european military in ukraine
France Currently Unable to Give Answer About SAMP/T Supplies to Ukraine - Reports
MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - France cannot give an answer about new supplies of the SAMP/T anti-aircraft missile system to Ukraine at the moment, French newspaper Le Monde reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
During the G7 foreign ministers' meeting on the Italian island of Capri last week, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba reportedly asked his French counterpart, Stephane Sejourne, to provide Ukraine with the new French SAMP/T Mamba system, which is a French-Italian mobile anti-aircraft defense weapon similar to the US Patriot systems.
"We are working on this in the French administration, as well as with our Italian partners, but no answer can be expected soon," an unnamed French official told Le Monde.
France supplied Ukraine with a SAMP/T system last year.
The newspaper also reported, citing a German diplomat, that a number of European countries, such as Spain, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland and Romania, have Patriot air defense systems, but are unwilling to send them to Ukraine.
21 September 2023, 13:39 GMT
On April 12, French newspaper Le Figaro reported, citing sources, that Kiev had asked Paris to help the Ukrainian military hold the positions on the battlefield that year so that it could launch a new counteroffensive in 2025. Ukraine is in need of the SAMP/T air defense system and missiles compatible with it, the report said.
However, despite pressure from the French government, missile maker MBDA will not be able to supply more Aster 30 missiles for the system in the short term, although the French military also needs them for its own missions, the newspaper added.
