France has provided Kyiv with a test batch of SCALP long-range air-to-surface missiles and their deliveries will continue, Ukrainian ambassador to Paris Vadym Omelchenko said in an interview with the Ukrainian media resource Left Bank, Ednews reports citing TASS.
"All SCALP missiles, which the French have promised to provide within the framework of the first batch, are already here. This batch was a test one. There will be more SCALPs. Their deliveries are continuing," he said. Omelchenko claims that France is "doing very well" in terms of the pace of deliveries of these missiles to Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron, after arriving at the NATO summit in Vilnius on July 11, announced his intention to supply long-range missiles to Ukraine. According to the media France intends to supply Ukraine 50 SCALP missiles, which will be adapted for use by Soviet-made aircraft. On August 6, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that Kyiv had received SCALP missiles from Paris.