Zelenskyy Says Macron Agrees to Speed Up French Missile Deliveries
France will speed up missile and equipment deliveries to Ukraine as Kyiv faces a shortage of air defenses after deadly Russian attacks.
- On Friday, a Russian drone strike on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, killed at least 16 people and wounded more than 130, including 23 children, according to Ukrainian authorities.
- Following the attack, French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke by phone on Saturday, August 22, 2026, agreeing to accelerate delivery of French interceptor missiles.
- Macron confirmed France's readiness to provide licenses for missile production, as Zelenskyy stated "supplying interceptors for Patriot systems is essential" for Ukraine's winter defense.
- Leaders of the Coalition of the Willing met in Kyiv on Monday, August 24, 2026, co-chaired by Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and British Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Ukraine's strikes on economic targets opened a "Pandora's box," claiming Moscow would hit back at Ukraine's "most sensitive economic sectors.
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As Moscow intensifies its attacks, the Ukrainian president has repeatedly appealed to his allies to deliver more missiles to Kiev for its air defense system.
Macron promises new missile interceptors for Ukraine as Russian strikes surge
Ukraine has for weeks faced a critical shortage of advanced missile interceptors – chief among them, US-made Patriots. Kyiv's own weapons are not able to shoot down the high-arching ballistic missiles that Russia has been firing in their dozens.
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