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French Defense Ministry announces first deliveries of kamikaze drones to Ukraine

16 October, 2024 Wednesday
14:59

On Wednesday, October 16, French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu said that his country is ready to transfer the first developments of its kamikaze drones to Ukraine in the coming weeks

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He wrote about this on his X account.

 

“Successful testing of the first French remote-controlled munition, also called a kamikaze drone. Restoring sovereignty over this key segment for our armies in less than two years,” the French minister said.
 

At the same time, Lecornu noted that deliveries to Ukraine and the French Armed Forces will begin in the coming weeks.

 

  • The day before, the French Minister of the Armed Forces said that in 2024, total military assistance to Ukraine would not reach the maximum amount of EUR 3 billion provided for in the bilateral agreement on security cooperation between Kyiv and Paris.

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