France will double the monthly amount of artillery shells it transfers to Ukraine

Author:
Oleksiy Yarmolenko
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The government of France plans to double the monthly number of 155 mm artillery shells that are transferred to Ukraine. Also, "very soon" the Ukrainian army will receive the SAMP-T anti-aircraft missile system.

French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu informed about this in an interview with Le Figaro.

"Paris will hand over the ground equipment necessary for Ukraineʼs counteroffensive: we are doubling the supply of 155-millimeter shells to 2 000 per month from the end of March," he noted.

155 mm shells are required for Western artillery installations.

Lekornu also noted that the SAMP-T air defense system will be handed over to Ukraine in the near future. The Ukrainian military has already completed training there.