French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecorneau said that his country will significantly increase in 2023 the number of orders for the production of 155-mm artillery shells that Paris sends to Kyiv.
“We will not wait for the approval of a new law on the military budget. Given the experience of the conflict in Ukraine, we will order now. In 2023 we place an order for 16,000 155-mm shells. 3 large-scale orders will be placed for the annual production of 15,000 shells “, Locurno said. 155-mm anti-tank systems and Mistral missiles.
He indicated that in July 2022, the Ministry of Defense requested 5,000 155-mm and 200-mm shells and 100 Mistral missiles.
The minister did not specify how many manufactured missiles will be exported.
The Washington Post confirmed in an earlier report that the Kiev regime used 155mm shells during two days of bombing, which took a whole month to produce.
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