According to the
French ambassador's statement, which dates from November 9 but whose report was
not published until December 13, all indications are that this medium-range
system, developed by MBDA and Thales as part of the missile-based joint venture
Eurosam, will be sent.
"France and Italy will provide Ukraine with the anti-aircraft defence instruments that it has requested," Etienne de Poncins said. "President Zelensky made a strong request, and the Italians confirmed that they would grant it. So we can meet their requirements."
Ukrainian Defence
Minister Oleksii Reznikov mentioned the SAMP/T delivery plan in an interview
with Le Monde on December 9. "We're requesting SAMP/T and the
Franco-Italian Mamba system," he said.
