Emmanuel Macron said this in an interview with the France 2 TV channel.
He adds that France is working on supplying the Armed Forces of Ukraine with six additional Caesar SPGs, which were supposed to be transferred to Denmark, as well as anti-aircraft missiles: "This is a new phase of bombing coming from land, sea, air and drones against essential infrastructure and civilians," Mr Macron said, adding that radar and anti-air missiles would be delivered in the coming weeks to "protect the country from drone and missile attacks."
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However, the French leader did not specify exactly how many missiles would be transferred.
The Crotale air defense system was developed by the French company Thomson-CSF/Matra and is designed to combat air targets in the range of medium, low and extremely low altitudes.
There are two variants of the Crotale: land and ship version. It is adopted by France, Finland, Greece, and the Netherlands. Range of damage: 500−10,000m, height of damage: up to 6,000m.
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