French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said that during a briefing on May 30 in Kyiv, the Ukrainian Army will receive a batch of French-made CAESAR self-propelled wheeled artillery vehicles.
“Soon new CAESAR self-propelled artillery systems will be delivered and we will continue to cooperate in this context,” Colonna told a joint press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv.
Colonna arrived in Ukraine on Monday for a business visit, becoming the highest-ranking French official to visit Kyiv since the Russia-Ukraine conflict began on February 24.
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According to media reports, France has provided six CAESAR navigation devices to Ukraine.
Caesar is a modern truck mounted artillery system developed by Nexter Systems. It was equipped with all necessary systems for stand-alone operation, a cabin to protect the six-man gun crew against shrapnel and small arms fire, an initial supply of 16 rounds of ammunition. complete ammunition, and navigation, aiming, ballistic calculation and command equipment. AIDS.
The system is specifically designed to meet the fire support requirements of rapidly deployed forces.
