Uralvagonzavod thanked Macron for the artillery installations delivered to Ukraine
Two French Caesar guns were "captured by Russian troops unharmed," they are at Uralvagonzavod to study possible re-design - this was written by the French politician Regis Castelnau. From the account of the Russian company in Telegram, he was answered, indicating that this technique is "so-so, but it will come in handy on the farm." For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru".
On Thursday, June 23, Uralvagonzavod Concern (UVZ, part of Rostec) thanked French President Emmanuel Macron for the self-propelled artillery units (self-propelled guns) supplied to the APU. Such a comment from the UVZ account appeared under the publication of the French politician Regis Castelnau in his Telegram channel .
The press service of the enterprise confirmed the authenticity of the account, but refused to comment on the information about the study of foreign installations at the UVZ, the Kommersant newspaper writes.
Castelnau posted a link to his own publication on Twitter, in which he said that "two French Caesar guns were captured by Russian troops unharmed."
Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi had previously denied Ukraine prompt arms supplies, the Los Angeles Times claims.
At the same time, the French president has already announced an agreement not to supply offensive weapons to Kiev - tanks and planes. According to him, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky knows about this agreement. Macron clarified that France is helping Ukraine with ammunition and "certain types of weapons," including armored vehicles.
Dynamics of Russian arms sales
In December 2021, it was reported that Russian arms sales were declining for the third year in a row. As follows from the report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the total volume of arms sales of nine Russian companies ranked in the top 100 in the world decreased from $28.2 billion in 2019 to $26.4 billion in 2020 (by 6.5%).
"This is a continuation of the downward trend observed since 2017, when arms sales by Russian companies peaked. The share of Russian firms accounted for 5% of the total sales of weapons in the top 100," the document says. The drop in sales coincided with the end of the state arms program for 2011-2020 and the delay in delivery due to the coronavirus pandemic, SIPRI notes.
At the same time, the United Aircraft Corporation increased arms sales by 16%. Another key event in the Russian arms industry was the diversification of product lines, Stockholm reported.
"Russian companies are implementing state policy to increase their share of sales in the civil sector to 30% of total sales by 2025 and to 50% by 2030," SIPRI concluded.
Grigory Plakuchev