French Defense Minister Sébastien Leconnu announced on Friday that a “large French car producing company” would produce drones in Ukraine without specifying which one. This is the Renault group.
In what considered to be a “win-win” partnership, Sébastien LecornuMinister of Defense of France, announced on June 6 that an unidentified French car manufacturer would produce drones in Ukraine.
The minister refused to identify The manufacturer, saying at the time that it would be up to the company to make it public.
According to the, which cites anonymous sources, the car manufacturer in question It’s Renault – which, says French radio, plans to establish partnerships with Small and Medium French Defense Companies To produce drones in Ukrainian territory, in localized facilities “among a few dozen to a few hundred kilometers from the front line.”
Contacted by France Info, Renault confirmed that it was approached by the government, but said that “No decision was made at this stage“.
According to Leconnu, Drones will be supplied to the Ukrainian forcesbut the French military will also use them “to Ensure tactical training and continuous operational ”.
The Ukrainian forces, he added, will be able to provide the French military information based on their use of drones in combat – a sector in which the French defense industry accuses considerable delay.
For Leconnu, who said the agreement does not provide for the need for French employees in the production lines “Ukrainians are better than us in the ability to imagine drones and, above all, to elaborate the doctrine that accompanies them. ”
According to,, The announcement of this partnership represents a turningmore than three years after the beginning of the war in Ukraine and a symbol at a time of Europe rearmament and mass investment ads in the defense industry.
The Ukrainian Army provides for use in 2025 More than four million droneswhich at the beginning of the month proved their destructive power in the four Russian air bases that render more than forty aircraft – including irreplaceable strategic bombers.
Renault, one of 500 western companies that left the market Russian After the invasion of Ukraine, it will have to Pay 1.15 billion euros to return To the country-a “”, says the executive director of Avtovaz, the former local market partner of the French manufacturer.
Apparently Renault will be looking for alternative strategic markets and partnerships – as Ukraine will overcome the war.
