France and Ukraine pledged on Thursday to work together to continue securing arms for Kyiv's three-month-old counteroffensive against Russian occupying forces and to jointly develop weapons production.
Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said he and his French counterpart had focused on boosting cooperation in terms of training Kyiv's armed forces and in the technical field.
Lecornu said France would "continue to help Ukraine as much as is necessary," but gave no details on arms that might yet be provided. France and Ukraine, Lecornu said, would consider "what we can do together in terms of acquisition or production". And Paris would maintain its current levels of training Ukrainian soldiers -- more than 7,000 this year.
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