Marine Le Pen stated on September 17–18, 2026, that France can continue to provide defense aid and military training to Ukraine but should scale back financial support. She characterized the position as neither hostile nor abandonment of Ukraine.
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"This is not an act of hostility towards Ukraine. We can continue to train their soldiers, their armies; we can continue to provide them with equipment so they can defend themselves," the co-leader of the French far-right National Rally (RN) party, Marine Le Pen, said on Sept. 16.
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KYIV INDEPENDENT: France can provide defense aid to Ukraine but should scale back financial support, Le Pen says https:// kyivindependent.com/france-can -provide-defense-aid-to-ukraine-but-should-scale-back-financial-support-le-pen-says/ "This is not an act of hostility towards Ukraine. We can continue to train their soldiers, their armies; we can continue to provide them with equipment so they ca