The French Foreign Ministry claims that Paris is not at war with Moscow.

The supply of weapons to Ukraine is not complicity in the conflict, France is not at war with Russia, said the official representative of the country’s Foreign Ministry, Anne-Clair Legendre.

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“We are not at war with Russia. Neither we nor our partners. The supply of weapons to Ukraine for the purpose of self-defense is not complicity in hostilities,” Legendre said during a briefing, an excerpt from which was published by the French Foreign Ministry on Twitter.

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On Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron said he did not rule out any options in terms of further arms supplies to Ukraine, including Leclerc tanks. The other day, French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornus announced that Paris would send the first AMX10-RC wheeled tanks to Ukraine in February.