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Following the example of Britain: France will transmit long -range missiles to Ukraine - Macron

France, like the United Kingdom, has a long-range Storm Shadow rockets, but uses the name SCalp-EG in relation to them. France will hand over the winged long -range missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part of a new assistance package. This was reported by French President Emmanuel Macron in an interview with TF1 on May 15.

According to the French leader, Ukraine will receive long-range missiles in the next weeks, as well as dozens of units of armored vehicles, including AMX-10RCS combat vehicles. According to Macron, his country's strategy is to "help Ukraine withstand to bring everyone back at the negotiation table. " The President of France also stated that Paris was negotiating with a number of pilots' training and spoke about supplying aircraft to Ukraine.

"We do not supply a weapon that would allow you to get to Russia. Sometimes we have to impose restrictions. We should not weaken France's ability to defend ourselves," Macron said about the transfer of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces. It should be noted that France has Storm Shadow missiles, which the Armed Forces earlier from the UK, but uses the name SCalp-EG for them.

Earlier, on May 11, the Minister of Defense of the UK Ben Volles officially confirmed the transfer of Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine. According to Wallace's statement, the Storm Shadow missiles transferred to the UK will be a complement to the already received systems of long range. According to the editor-in-chief of Defense Express Oleg Katkova, Anglo-French, the inconspicuous winged winged rocket of Storm Shadow Air Basics is able to bypass the enemy's aircraft and has 97%efficiency.