FrenchFrench president Emmanuel Macron on Saturday vowed to send more weapons and humanitarian aid to Ukraine as part of the international effort to help the country's fight against Russian forces., reports RFI.
Since the Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his country's military units into Ukraine on 24 February, France has sent 615 tons of equipment including medical supplies, generators for hospitals, food and vehicles.
Macron's pledge to offer more backing came during a one-hour telephone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
A source from the Elysée Palace said Zelensky had thanked Macron for France's shipments of military equipment which had been used by Ukrainian forces to repel the advances of Russian troops.
The conversation between the two leaders came just 48 hours after Macron had condemned the bombing of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv during the visit of the UN Secretary General Antonio Gutteres.
