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France to send 300 million euros in aid to Ukraine
The Xinhua reported, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Friday that France will send aid of 300 million euros (337.56 million U.S. dollars) to Ukraine.
It said that the announcement of the funding came in a letter from Macron to the French National Assembly, in which he stressed France's support for Ukraine.
Macron said in his letter: "We are also in contact with the Ukrainian authorities to provide them with the defensive equipment they need." The letter was read to the parliament by the President of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand.
"The EU (European Union) must become a more sovereign power in energy, technology and military matters," Macron wrote, adding that measures will be taken "in order to protect our nationals and our companies."
Also on Friday, French minister for the economy Bruno Le Maire announced that under EU sanctions, Russian political and economic personalities owning property on French territory would be identified and blocked.
Le Maire said: "France will block the access of these personalities to all of their property."
He added: "These sanctions will allow us to cut access for Russia to international funding."
Ukrainian army resists Russian attacks on Kyiv
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he was aware that the West was trying to "blackmail" Russia again with sanctions, but said he believed that sanctions would continue just because Russia exists, regardless of the situation in Ukraine.
Source: xinhua
