President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastian Lecornu. The parties discussed defense assistance to Ukraine.

" He spoke about the security situation at the front and the defense needs of Ukraine. We discussed further steps to strengthen the defense capability of our state with the support of France,"

Sebastien Lecornu announced that France is considering the possibility of transferring the Mistral air defense system.

" Support for what has already been provided to Ukraine is just as important as the new equipment,” Lecornu said..

Funds for the purchase of weapons that will help Ukraine fight Iranian drones are planned to be allocated from a fund of 200 million euros for the Ukrainian side to purchase equipment from French manufacturers.

Earlier, France handed over to Ukraine two air defense systems Crotale and MLRS LRU.

The LRU multiple launch rocket system is a French upgraded version of the M270 MLRS on a high-traffic tracked platform..

LRU fire control is based on the EFCS system, which allows the use of rockets.