Macron Says France Will Join Czech Ammunition Plan for Kyiv

French president says initiative is ‘extremely useful’
He says EU’s European Peace Facility could be used in part

Emmanuel Macron, left, and Petr Pavel at a news conference in Prague, on March 5.Photographer: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images

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By Ania Nussbaum

March 5, 2024 at 2:06 PM UTC

Updated on

March 5, 2024 at 3:12 PM UTC

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French President Emmanuel Macron threw his support behind a Czech plan to deliver hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine from countries outside the European Union to help it force back Russian advances.

France will take part in the initiative, Macron said, without offering financial details, adding that the EU’s European Peace Facility could also be tapped in part to fund it. A French official had previously said such mechanisms would not be used.