France will hand over fire trucks, ambulances, and other equipment to Ukraine – Macron

France will be providing fire trucks, ambulances, and emergency equipment as part of its aid to Ukraine.

Militarnyi informs about this.

French President Emmanuel Macron shared about the transfer of technical assistance on Twitter.

“In support of Ukraine, our firefighters and rescuers will tomorrow (April 15 – Ed.) deliver 24 fire trucks and ambulances, as well as 50 tons of emergency equipment. This is the second convoy in a month,” the President said.

En 50 jours, la France a livré à l'Ukraine plus de 100 millions d’euros d’équipements militaires. Nous fournirons des capacités additionnelles. Je m'y suis engagé. En Européens, aussi, nous mobilisons 1,5 milliard d’euros pour équiper les forces ukrainiennes. Nous continuerons.

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) April 14, 2022

Emmanuel Macron also noted that during the 50 days of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, France handed over more than EUR 100 million worth of equipment to our country.

“We will be providing additional capacities. I made a commitment towards this. In Europe, we are also mobilizing EUR 1.5 billion for the Ukrainian troops. We will keep going,” Macron said.

The President of France thanked the French companies, organizations, and citizens of the country who are helping Ukraine.

Previously, Florence Parley, Minister of Defense, has announced the transfer of weapons after a conversation with her Ukrainian counterpart Oleksii Reznikov.

This regards “means of protection, optical and electronic equipment, weapons and ammunition, weapons systems in accordance with the needs voiced by the Ukrainian side,” reads the statement of the French Ministry of Defense.

As reported earlier, to investigate the Russian war crimes, France has sent experts in ballistics, explosives, DNA processing, and other fields to Ukraine.