![]() Such rankings "don't fully reflect reality", the defence ministry told AFP, because they "only take into account what has been promised, not what has actually been delivered". Arms manufacturers are winning after 100 days of war in Ukraine.AFP - ARIS MESSINISĪccording to an August ranking by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, France's €233 million of military aid place it 11th in the world, well behind the US (€25 billion), Britain (€4 billion) and Poland (€1.8 billion).Įven neighbouring Germany, historically reluctant with to get too much involved in militairy commitments following World War II, has promised more than four times as much as France. Ukraine pleaded with Western governments on Jto decide quickly on sending heavy weapons to shore up its faltering defences, as Russia said it would evacuate civilians from a frontline chemical plant. Ukrainian servicemen fire with a French self-propelled 155 mm/52-calibre gun Caesar towards Russian positions at a front line in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on June 15, 2022.
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