{
  "id": 8008029,
  "title": "France can provide defense aid to Ukraine but should scale back financial support, Le Pen says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/france-can-provide-defense-aid-to-ukraine-but-should-scale-back",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T10:11:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Independent",
    "slug": "kyiv-independent",
    "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/france-can-provide-defense-aid-to-ukraine-but-should-scale-back-financial-support-le-pen-says/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "\"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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "The EU has billions in unspent defense funds. It wants to use them for projects with Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/the-eu-has-billions-in-unspent-defense-funds-it-wants-to-use-them-for",
        "published": "2026-09-17T09:37:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}