Kraine’s defence ministry sought to woo France on Wednesday with a ridicule love-letter video, urging its best friend to ship extra artillery as a “romantic gesture” to repel the Russian invasion.
The uncommon plea, set to Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg’s sultry hit “Je T’aime… Moi Non Plus”, comes as Kyiv urges Western international locations to assist bolster its air defences after a rash of lethal Russian air moves in latest days.
“Romantic gestures take many forms,” reads the textual content withinside the video published to the ministry’s Twitter account, establishing with photos of purple roses, milk chocolate and a sundown over the Seine river.
“But in case you actually need to win our hearts,” it provides earlier than slicing to photos of huge weapons in action, “not anything beats 155-mm relatively cellular self-propelled artillery”.
President Emmanuel Macron final week stated France could ship Ukraine six truck-established Caesar weapons, on pinnacle of the 18 it has already shipped over.
The Caesar is a 155-mm howitzer established on a six-wheeled truck chassis, able to firing shells at stages of extra than forty kilometres (25 miles) after which transferring function earlier than the enemy can discover them and hearthplace back.
In French, the ministry’s video thank you France for its support.
It indicates a picturegraph of Macron and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky shaking arms withinside the way of an arm wrestle, taken on a June go to to Kyiv, after which makes its very last plea in English.
“Please ship us extra,” it says, to the backdrop of France’s blue, white and purple flag.
In addition to howitzers, French navy shipments to Ukraine have covered anti-tank and anti-plane missiles, armoured employees carriers, fuel, and infantry gear.
But the usa has been criticised for its noticeably low degree of spending on Ukraine’s defence.
French defence officers have argued that France’s shares of heavy guns are limited, and that Paris can not offer extra with out leaving countrywide protection exposed.