French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu has said on Twitter that France and Italy would provide Ukraine with SAMP/T-MAMBA air defence systems this spring.
The French minister noted that this decision was made during a telephone conversation with Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto.
According to Lecornu, SAMP/T will "protect civilians and infrastructure from attacks by Russia".
The minister added that Ukraine's Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov had reported the urgent need for such an air defence system.