Shmyhal met with the French Minister of Economy: they discussed Ukraine's military needs, restoration of the energy system and confiscation of natural resources
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Shmyhal met with French Minister Le Maire to discuss Ukraine's military needs, restoration of the energy system, and confiscation of frozen Russian assets.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal met with French Minister of Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty Bruno Le Maire to discuss the need to strengthen air defense, restore the energy system and confiscate frozen Russian assets. Shmyhal wrote about this on his Telegram channel, UNN reports.
A fruitful meeting with Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Economy, Finance, Industry and Digital Sovereignty of France. He outlined Ukraine's military needs, including the need to strengthen air defense. They discussed the restoration of the energy system after Russian shelling. A separate topic was the confiscation of frozen Russian assets. We count on the support of our partners in all these issues.
The Prime Minister also thanked Le Maire for his solidarity with the Ukrainian people.
Recall
European Union Diplomacy Chief Josep Borrell has called for Patriot systems to be sent from "barracks" where they are "just in case" to Ukraine, where the war is on, and hopes that EU defense and foreign ministers will commit to providing more military aid to Ukraine at their upcoming meeting in Luxembourg.
