Zelenskyy Says Macron Agrees to Speed Up French Missile Deliveries
Macron said France will speed up interceptor missile deliveries as Ukraine faces a shortage of air defenses after recent Russian strikes.
- On Saturday, August 22, French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to accelerate delivery of French interceptor missiles and equipment following a nearly two-hour phone call focused on Ukraine's air defense needs.
- The agreement came after a Russian drone strike on a shopping mall in Kryvyi Rih on Friday, August 21, which killed at least 16 people and injured more than 130, including 23 children.
- France has granted licenses for Ukraine to produce ASTER interceptor missiles and SCALP cruise missiles, mitigating reliance on external stockpiles as Kyiv faces critical air defense shortages.
- Leaders including Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will meet in Kyiv on Monday, August 24, to co-chair a 'Coalition of the Willing' summit reaffirming support for Ukraine.
- Ukraine has simultaneously ramped up long-range retaliatory strikes against Russian economic and military infrastructure, including recent attacks on refineries, as the conflict approaches the 4-and-a-half-year mark.
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