France and Great Britain, the two European nuclear powers, have not invested enough to face a high-conflict war. France is the seventh military power in the world and the first in Europe (excluding Russia) Britain is one of the closest allies of Ukraine and its president Volodymyr Zelensky.
Components made in the UK are being used in a way that breaches international humanitarian law, according to former diplomats and military chiefs. They said the F-35 stealth aircraft contained many UK-made parts and was being used to devastate parts of Gaza.