France will provide Ukraine with a new €195 million military aid package funded by interest from frozen Russian assets, Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu said Sunday. The package includes 155mm shells and air-to-surface missiles as Ukraine faces setbacks from the US weapons suspension.

PARIS (AP) — France will keep providing military intelligence to Ukraine after Washington announced it was freezing the sharing of information with Kyiv, French defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Thursday.

France is preparing a new military aid package for Ukraine worth almost 200 million euros from the interest earned on frozen Russian assets, its defence minister said in an interview published on Sunday.

France will provide Ukraine with 195 million euros ($211 million) in military aid using the interest accrued from frozen Russian assets, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu told La Tribune in an interview published March 8.