On Wednesday, October 12, French President Emmanuel Macron shared that Ukraine will receive another batch of French military aid in the coming weeks.

He announced this in an interview with France 2, European Pravda reports.

Ukraine will receive additional self-propelled howitzers and air defense systems from France.

According to Macron, France is working on supplying the Armed Forces of Ukraine with six additional Caesar ACS, which originally were to be transferred to Denmark, along with the anti-aircraft missiles “to protect Ukraine from missile strikes and drones.”

The French leader mentioned that this new military assistance will arrive in the “coming weeks,” but did not specify the exact amount of missiles that were transferred.

Sky News, citing its own sources, reported that France will transfer to Ukraine the Crotale short-range air defense systems capable to intercept missiles and aircraft at low altitudes.

In addition, the French president stated that Paris is providing intelligence information to Kyiv, but objected that it would regard the Ukrainian attack on Russian territory.

“The goals are clear – for them (Ukraine – ed.) to return to their borders as of 1991. The question is whether those military objectives will only be achieved through hostilities. At some point, it will be in the interests of Ukraine and Russia to return to the negotiating table,” Macron said.

Crotale is a French all-weather short-range anti-aircraft missile system developed by the French Thomson-CSF/Matra company. It is designed to defeat aerial targets in the range of medium, low, and extremely low altitudes. It is adopted in France, Finland, Greece, and the Netherlands.

The system exists in several modifications. It is designed to provide air defense for the troops and civilian facilities and cover the combat formations of military units. This air defense system has been repeatedly modernized since its inception.

Crotale SAM exists in two basing variants: to be used from the mobile ground and surface platforms. The operation range is between 500 and 10000 m, at altitudes – up to 6000 m.

It was reported in early October that France was considering shipping 6 to 12 Caesar self-propelled artillery installations to Ukraine and canceling their supply to Denmark.