Following a visit to Armenia by French President Emmanuel Macron in February and with another slated for this month, Yerevan will allegedly receive modern French weapons including the Mistral man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) armored vehicles, Caesar self-propelled howitzers and radar systems in return for making the transfers to Kyiv.
Gakoknight on
Oh wow. Well done Armenia.
mechalenchon on
While **replacing** it with brand new equipment.
Don’t get too excited Ilham.
According_Floor_7431 on
Pashinyan has been trying to pivot to western allies for a long time, away from their long-time guarantor Russia. Sounds like France is finally giving them some backing. These new weapons and hopefully future deals will hopefully dissuade a bigger Azeri offensive.
diezel_dave on
Good! Everyone get rid of your old soviet crap and give it to Ukraine. Replace it with high quality Western equipment.Â
karevorchi on
Ukrainian victory is in Armenia’s interest.
Spinoza_The_Damned on
Armenia about to throw down. They know what the consequences are of allowing Ukraine to lose. They don’t want that shit nor that kind of smoke, so they decided to go ahead and pool their resources with everyone else seeing the accumulation of resources being more impactful than having to go toe to toe with a psychopathic nation that just conquered one of their neighbors.
Joltie on
This is misinformation started by Russian sources (as the KyivPost explains its sources) to both attempt to build a narrative of Armenian outright hostile actions against Russia (allowing for future action against Armenia or allowing Azeris to act on Russia’s behalf) and of the Armenian government being incompetent (as with their dire military situation relative to Azeri drones, giving away air defences would simply be stupid.
It has been refuted by the Armenian military channels in Telegram. Armenia is under threat of Azeri invasion, and they need all the weapons systems they can get their hands on (hence why they are buying it from France as well).
Nocta_Novus on
I’m all for it but is that a good idea Armenia? You’ve got an actively hostile neighbor on one side, and a passively hostile neighbor on the other, I think if anything they could use their air defence systems rn
Uhhh_what555476384 on
Someone is looking for patrons with enough influence that the Turks don’t want to anger them and is also willing to stand up to the Russians.
That’s a rough neighborhood.
Dont_Knowtrain on
Is it actually true or just Russian propaganda over the corridor dispute?
ThePlanesGuy on
Armenia has been transitioning from Russia’s sphere of influence to the West for some time. Armenia is more democratic, more liberal, more English and French speaking, and, frankly, American culture is better received and more novel to Armenians. Many in Armenia, and among the diaspora, have relatives happily living as Americans, and even aspire to join them in becoming American.
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Yerevan allegedly signed a contract with the European Commission on Aug. 28, worth €210 million ($232 million) to supply Soviet era 152mm artillery and tank ammunition and air defense systems to Kyiv. According to mainstream and social media sources, [Armenia](https://www.kyivpost.com/topic/armenia) was in fact in the [process of transferring](https://news.az/news/armenia-gave-almost-all-of-its-air-defense-equipment-to-ukraine) almost all of its [air defense](https://www.kyivpost.com/topic/air-defenses) assets to Ukraine via Georgia’s ports.
Following a visit to Armenia by French President Emmanuel Macron in February and with another slated for this month, Yerevan will allegedly receive modern French weapons including the Mistral man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) armored vehicles, Caesar self-propelled howitzers and radar systems in return for making the transfers to Kyiv.
Oh wow. Well done Armenia.
While **replacing** it with brand new equipment.
Don’t get too excited Ilham.
Pashinyan has been trying to pivot to western allies for a long time, away from their long-time guarantor Russia. Sounds like France is finally giving them some backing. These new weapons and hopefully future deals will hopefully dissuade a bigger Azeri offensive.
Good! Everyone get rid of your old soviet crap and give it to Ukraine. Replace it with high quality Western equipment.Â
Ukrainian victory is in Armenia’s interest.
Armenia about to throw down. They know what the consequences are of allowing Ukraine to lose. They don’t want that shit nor that kind of smoke, so they decided to go ahead and pool their resources with everyone else seeing the accumulation of resources being more impactful than having to go toe to toe with a psychopathic nation that just conquered one of their neighbors.
This is misinformation started by Russian sources (as the KyivPost explains its sources) to both attempt to build a narrative of Armenian outright hostile actions against Russia (allowing for future action against Armenia or allowing Azeris to act on Russia’s behalf) and of the Armenian government being incompetent (as with their dire military situation relative to Azeri drones, giving away air defences would simply be stupid.
It has been refuted by the Armenian military channels in Telegram. Armenia is under threat of Azeri invasion, and they need all the weapons systems they can get their hands on (hence why they are buying it from France as well).
I’m all for it but is that a good idea Armenia? You’ve got an actively hostile neighbor on one side, and a passively hostile neighbor on the other, I think if anything they could use their air defence systems rn
Someone is looking for patrons with enough influence that the Turks don’t want to anger them and is also willing to stand up to the Russians.
That’s a rough neighborhood.
Is it actually true or just Russian propaganda over the corridor dispute?
Armenia has been transitioning from Russia’s sphere of influence to the West for some time. Armenia is more democratic, more liberal, more English and French speaking, and, frankly, American culture is better received and more novel to Armenians. Many in Armenia, and among the diaspora, have relatives happily living as Americans, and even aspire to join them in becoming American.