Bastion armored vehicles, Caesar guns, all this advanced armament made in France which continues to roll on Ukrainian soil, Russia can't take it anymore.
She summoned the French ambassador, Pierre Lévy, to the Foreign Ministry in Moscow on Thursday to protest against arms deliveries to Ukraine.
At the very moment when kyiv recaptured territories with the help of these armaments.
"The Russian side has pointed out the dangers of increased deliveries of arms and equipment to the kyiv regime, as well as the intensification of training programs for the training of Ukrainian military personnel, Russian diplomacy said in a statement. communicated.
This line contradicts statements from Paris by officials who say they want a peaceful settlement in Ukraine.
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The French ambassador spoke with a Russian deputy minister, Alexandre Grouchko.
Pierre Lévy had already spoken with him in Moscow on September 20.
In a press release, the Russian diplomacy had then deemed “unacceptable” the continuation “of the force-feeding of Ukraine with Western weapons, including French”.
Since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine on February 24, Paris has delivered military equipment to kyiv, including 18 Caesar long-range guns, particularly formidable for hitting supply lines behind the front.
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France plans to supply kyiv with six to twelve additional copies of this 155 mm gun mounted on a truck, taken from an order intended for Denmark, a source familiar with the matter told AFP on Monday, confirming information from the daily Le Monde. .
Paris is also studying the possibility of delivering twenty Bastion armored vehicles to kyiv.
Ukraine, after having received numerous deliveries of Western weapons, especially American ones, has been carrying out several successful counter-offensives since the beginning of September and has taken back important territories from Russian forces.
