# France to speed up missile deliveries to Ukraine amid critical air defense shortage

https://mins.news/en/item/29339

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-22 15:26 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/france-to-speed-up-missile-deliveries-to-ukraine-amid-critical-air-defense-shortage/

> France will accelerate deliveries of interceptors and other military equipment to Ukraine after a nearly two-hour call between Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky. Macron also agreed to help Kyiv contact international partners with Patriot systems, which Zelensky says are essential to protect civilians from Russian ballistic missiles.

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