2023-09-30 04:04:20
Russo-Ukrainian WarIt has become a long war of attrition. In order to prevent arms stocks from being exhausted due to aid to Ukraine, Western governments have turned to encouraging arms dealers andKyivcooperate.German and French military industrial enterprises are preparing to set up factories in Ukraine and establishUkraineThe independent power of arms.
According to the political news network Politico,GermanyThe government this week gave the green light for Rheinmetall AG to cooperate with Ukrainian state-owned military enterprises to develop and produce equipment.
FranceDefense Minister Sebastien Lecornu also went to Kiev this week with about 20 French defense contractors. According to reports, the industry participants include Thales, missile systems company MBDA, and systems giant Nex Heavyweight military industrial companies such as Nexter hope to establish a partnership with Ukraine.
Ukraine held a defense industry forum in Kiev today, with 165 companies from 26 countries and regions participating. During the meeting, Ukrainian officials did not need to obtain the consent of Western governments and could directly sign contracts with military industrial enterprises to seek cooperation in research and development and production of military weapons, and to introduce equipment according to the needs of the Ukrainian army.
This national defense forum and exhibition comes at a time when inventories in European countries have bottomed out and military aid to Ukraine has reached its limit. Ukraine has been seeking to boost its arms industry in the past few months, partly out of concern that Trump will come to power again after the 2024 U.S. election. Trump has previously indicated that aid to Ukraine may be scaled back if he regains control of the White House.
As Ukraine prepares for a long-term war of resistance, major European allies such as Germany and France are also seeking to convert government-aided equipment into a contract for cooperation between arms dealers and Ukraine.
French officials have begun to convey a new message in the past few weeks: France can no longer continue to provide weapons to Ukraine and will instead rely on cooperation between the Ukrainian government and the French military industry. Defense Minister Leknu said in an interview on the 24th: “We cannot donate the resources of our own armed forces indefinitely, otherwise it will damage our own defense capabilities and the quality of military training.”
French military industrial companies have signed contracts with Ukraine this week in Kiev related to artillery, armored vehicles, drones and mine clearance, including local maintenance and production.
French newspaper Le Figaro pointed out that the defense company Arquus signed a letter of intent with Ukraine for local maintenance of armored personnel carriers, and will also set up a local factory to produce them in the future; Nike, which produces Caesar self-propelled howitzers The Stern Company also stated that they are looking for local partners in Ukraine to establish cooperation in repairing energy.
Before France, BAE Systems and Sweden had already adopted similar approaches. In August, Ukraine signed a letter of intent with Sweden to deepen cooperation on the “production, operation, training and service” of the Swedish CV90 infantry fighting vehicle. British Aerospace Systems also announced that it would set up a factory in Ukraine to mass-produce 105mm artillery.
Armin Papperger, CEO of Germany’s Rheinmetall, said he hopes to manufacture their new generation of Panther combat vehicles in Ukraine. Rheinmetall’s Jaguar combat vehicle is currently only a prototype, but it will replace the current Leopard 2 in the future.
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