According to the diplomat, Paris “is not at war with Russia” and the supply of weapons to Ukraine “is done in self-defense”, Legendre publishes an extract of his speech on the Twitter page of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (banned in Russia ). Federation).
As the media already wrote, French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu shared with the public information that he would send the first AMX10-RC wheeled tanks to Ukraine in February. Later, Emmanuel Macron said that he was not ruling out any options in terms of further arms supplies to Ukraine, including Leclerc tanks.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly responded to such facts with a statement that NATO countries are “playing with fire” by supplying Ukraine with weapons.