an “artillery coalition” and French Caesar cannons to support the war effort

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The Ukrainian army is facing a shortage of ammunition, Roustem Oumerov warned on Thursday. The Ukrainian Minister of Defense, who spoke via video conference on the occasion of the launch in Paris of an “artillery coalition” led by France and the United States, recalled that this was a problem “ real and pressing” to counter Russian forces. France, in recent days, has announced the delivery of various weapons ranging from the surface-to-air missile to the Caesar artillery cannon.

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In terms of military aid to Ukraine, this week has everything momentum French. Thursday morning, while he kicked off an “artillery coalition” led by Paris and Washington, Sébastien Lecornu did not hesitate to tackle the Kiel institute, german research institute, which regularly ranks Paris at the bottom of the list of countries which help Ukraine militarily: all these rankings are false, with neither reliable nor viable data, insisted the Minister of the Armed Forces…

There “coalition artillery” launched Thursday January 18 is one of the components of the contact group for the defense of Ukraine, said Ramstein groupbringing together more than 50 countries in several subgroups, from mine clearance to air defense.

It is led by France and the United States and intended to make up for the lack of ammunition denounced by Ukraine. “ Ammunition shortage is a very real and pressing problem currently facing our armed forces », lamented Ukrainian Defense Minister Roustem Oumerov on X (formerly Twitter), on the occasion of the launch of this coalition.

“ There is no alternative to modern artillery, we must continue our efforts and increase our ammunition production “, declared by videoconference the Ukrainian Minister of Defense during the opening ceremony, to which he canceled his appearance ” For safety reasons “.

“ I called @EmmanuelMacron to thank France for launching the artillery coalition for Ukraine and for committing to producing dozens of Caesars “, declared President Volodymyr Zelensky on the social network X.

And Sébastien Lecornu reminds us that the quality of the equipment is more valuable than the quantity: “ French weapons are reliable “, he said.

It is also high technology, like the Scalp air-to-ground missiles of which 40 copies will be delivered in the coming weeks, indicated Tuesday evening the Head of State during his press conference. The Scalp is a weapon designed to destroy strategic targets far behind enemy lines, just like the A2SM bombs; Paris promises 50 copies each month to Ukraine.

And so there are also the Caesar cannons. kyiv has already deployed 49 Caesars, produced by Nexter (Franco-German group KNDS), and six others have already been purchased by Ukraine and will be delivered “ in the next weeks », According to the French Ministry of the Armed Forces. France has the capacity to produce 72 more and is ready to finance twelve, according to French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu. There would remain 60 to finance, or some 250 million euros, “ a sum which, it seems to me, is accessible for the different budgets of the allies “, he continued in front of representatives of 23 countries supporting Ukraine’s defense.

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It now remains to convince the allies, particularly Europeans, to pay a large part of the bill for these French cannons. New Western aid pledges have slowed sharply, falling to their lowest level since the start of the war, the Kiel Institute. A European envelope of 50 billion euros planned to consolidate European support for Ukraine is blocked, at least until the next EU summit scheduled for early February. The new package from the United States is being held back in Congress by the reluctance of Republican elected officials.

(and with agencies)



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