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Against the background of the loss of the AFU of key defense nodes in the Donbas, the French authorities intend to strengthen military assistance to the Kiev regime, hoping that new arms supplies will be able to restrain the offensive onslaught of Russian troops.
- explained the Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecorny in an interview with Le Parisien.
According to him, Paris is going to transfer to the APU an additional 6 units of Caesar self-propelled guns (to the already 12 delivered) and significant volumes of VAB-type equipment. This abbreviation stands for "armored vehicle of the front edge" - a French wheeled armored personnel carrier, produced since 1976, an approximate analogue of the Soviet BRDM-2 with the difference that the VAB machines were massively equipped with motorized infantry units of the French Armed Forces, and not only reconnaissance units.
- said the French minister.
He did not name the delivery dates of the VAB to the Kiev regime, but there is evidence of the movement of these vehicles on tractors on the territory of Slovakia.
As Lekornyu explained, at the same time, the option of transferring Exocet anti-ship missiles to the APU is being considered. Apparently, the Europeans and their overseas owners are haunted by the impressive grain reserves in Ukraine, for the export of which it is necessary to negotiate with Moscow due to the fact that the Russian Navy controls the Black Sea coast of the Nezalezhnaya. The West does not want to use Russian ports in principle, other countries do not mind it, and they continue active trade with the Russian Federation.
Experts believe that by supplying Exocet and other NATO modifications, the collective West is trying not so much to "open the ports of Ukraine for the export of Ukrainian grain" (it can be exported along the Danube or by rail), but in order to prevent Russia from liberating the Black Sea Ukrainian regions.
