Paris: Ukraine signed a letter of intent with France to obtain 100 Rafale warplanes over the next 10 years, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday as he seeks to bolster the country’s long-term military capacity to fight Russia’s invasion.

Zelenskiy is visiting Paris for talks with President Emmanuel Macron at a time when heavy Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine have increased in recent weeks and Moscow has reported ground advances in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region.

“It will be the greatest air defence, one of the greatest in the world,” Zelenskiy told reporters after he signed the letter of intent with Macron in front of a Rafale jet and the French and Ukrainian flags at Villacoublay military airport. Show Full Article

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