President Macron: The West will not supply Ukraine with attack planes and tanks – New Time

According to Ukrainian media, French President Emmanuel Macron admitted in Kiev today that there are restrictions on the supply of certain weapons to Ukraine. According to Macron, Western countries agreed on this out of fear that they would be involved in the war with Russia. “We are helping Ukraine to defend itself, but we are not going to war with Russia, so it has been agreed that we will not supply certain weapons – especially attack planes or tanks.” Ukrainian truth. According to RBK-Ukraine, Macron clarified that the agreement was “almost official”. The French president recalled that the West had already supplied some weapons and ammunition to Ukraine, and now supplies of French-made Caesar self-propelled howitzers had also begun. “It will allow the Ukrainian forces more mobility and destroy the enemy from a great distance,” he said. The Ukrainian truth recalled that in May, reports spread to the public that the White House was negotiating with Ukraine on restrictions on the use of American weapons. These restrictions are intended to apply in particular to targets deep in Russia. At the time, US President Joe Biden stated that the US was not going to supply Ukraine with missiles capable of destroying targets on Russian territory. However, the US finally agreed to hand over four modern HIMARS rocket launchers to Ukraine, which should arrive by the end of June, the daily added. The daily RBK-Ukraine noted that the German DPA had previously informed the unwritten agreement not to supply fighter jets to Ukraine, adding that, as a result, Poland had finally renounced the provision of Soviet-made MiG-29 fighters. But later the Western Allies handed over the disbanded Su-25 battles to Ukraine.