Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday signed a letter of intent allowing Kyiv to receive 100 Rafale warplanes and air-defence systems to strengthen its long-term war effort.

According to France24, Zelenskyy met Macron at an air base outside Paris to seal a major deal to acquire up to 100 Rafale fighter jets, France’s flagship combat aircraft.

The accord has paved the way for Kyiv to acquire the new generation SAMP-T air defence system under development, radar systems and drones.

“It will be the greatest air defence, one of the greatest in the world," Zelenskyy told reporters at France’s Villacoublay military airport.

“We’re planning Rafales, 100 Rafales – that’s huge. That’s what’s needed for the regeneration of the Ukrainian milit

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