Dnipropetrovsk Investment Agency keeps introducing the level of cooperation between Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk region and other countries amid the unprovoked military aggression of the russian federation against our state. In this publication, we offer an overview of the support provided by the France  and the volume of foreign trade, based on DIABASE data.

Now in the fifth year of the full-scale war, France remains for Ukraine not merely a partner within the broader European coalition, but one of the countries that combines several areas of support at once: military, financial, humanitarian, diplomatic, and recovery assistance. Paris has consistently maintained its position in defense of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, supported sanctions pressure on Russia, promoted accountability for war crimes, and at the same time worked to ensure that assistance to Ukraine would be long-term rather than one-off.

In 2025, French support became broader in scale and more systematic. A key milestone was Emmanuel Macron’s announcement on 26 March 2025 of an additional €2 billion military aid package. It included anti-tank missiles, air defense systems, missiles for Mirage aircraft, armored vehicles, ammunition, and drones. The very next day, on 27 March, Paris hosted a meeting on peace and security for Ukraine, where France promoted not only the immediate strengthening of support, but also the parameters of long-term security guarantees for the Ukrainian state.

Together with the United Kingdom, France became one of the political centers of the so-called Coalition of the Willing, which throughout 2025 coordinated issues related to long-term support for Ukraine, its defense capabilities, and future security guarantees. In the coalition’s statement of 10 July 2025, the participants confirmed their intention to provide Ukraine with at least €40 billion in military support in 2025 and also agreed to prepare a collective mechanism to support Ukraine’s public finances in 2026.

Military training of Ukrainian forces remained an important area of French assistance in 2025. As of February 2026, France had trained more than 22,000 Ukrainian service members. In addition, since September 2024, the French side had been training and equipping more than 2,000 soldiers of the “Anne de Kyiv” brigade, while the Mirage 2000-5 aircraft transferred to Ukraine in 2025 were accompanied by training for Ukrainian pilots and mechanics.

On 19 February 2026, Paris announced Ukraine Fund II, the second phase of the fund supporting critical infrastructure and priority sectors of the Ukrainian economy, with a total volume of €71 million. The French government explicitly stated that the first phase of this mechanism, established under a bilateral agreement in 2024, had already financed 19 projects of French companies in sectors strategic for Ukraine. The new phase is focused on healthcare, water, sanitation, housing, energy, the agricultural sector, digital infrastructure, demining, and other areas critical to the country’s economic resilience and recovery.

At the same time, France maintained the humanitarian and civilian dimension of its support. After the opening of the AFD Group office in Kyiv in 2024, French support in the area of reconstruction gained a more practical dimension. One such area was cooperation with Kryvyi Rih, where, with the participation of Solidarités International and UNICEF, a project was launched to restore and modernize water supply and sanitation systems. Its goal was not only to respond to the consequences of infrastructure destruction caused by the war and the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, but also to build a more resilient model of the city’s water supply in the medium term.

France also worked directly with communities in Dnipropetrovsk region through the government agency Expertise France. In September 2025, a French delegation presented the RELEVE project in Dnipropetrovsk region, aimed at the recovery, reconstruction, and European integration of the region. In November 2025, it was officially announced that 10 communities of the region had joined the second phase of the project: Apostolove, Verkhivtseve, Verkhnodniprovsk, Vilnohirsk, Zhovti Vody, Zelenodolsk, Pokrovske, Slobozhanske, Novooleksandrivka, and Troitske. The second phase covers support for decentralization, regional development, and reconstruction. French experts are expected to provide advisory and methodological assistance, organize training programs, support public investment management, and facilitate interterritorial partnerships between communities in France and Dnipropetrovsk region. In addition, these territories will be able to receive targeted financing for urgent needs and for addressing the consequences of Russian aggression, including equipment, materials, and recovery works.

The current level of economic relations between Dnipropetrovsk region and France may indicate significant growth potential in the field of investment activity. There are currently 9 French companies operating in the region, with total investments in the regional economy amounting to USD 17.3 million. They are represented in manufacturing, agriculture, trade, and services, and play an important role in regional economic development through job creation, investment attraction, and the introduction of modern business practices.

France remains an important trading partner of Dnipropetrovsk region. The high level of partnership is reflected in the bilateral analysis of foreign economic activity. French companies are most interested in fats and vegetable oils, articles of ferrous metals, parts of railway equipment, and other goods. According to the results of the first 9 months of 2025, exports of goods from Dnipropetrovsk region amounted to USD 58.2 million, which was 40% higher than in the corresponding period of 2024.

More than 60 enterprises from Dnipropetrovsk region exported their products to the French market, including companies from the metallurgical sector, mechanical engineering, processing industries, and agriculture.

Imports of goods from France to Dnipropetrovsk region increased by 3.4% compared to the corresponding period of 2024 and amounted to USD 98.8 million.

More than 240 importing enterprises in the region purchased petroleum and petroleum products, pharmaceutical products, land transport vehicles, machinery and equipment, and other goods.

Import operations were carried out mainly by enterprises in the processing industry, as well as trading and pharmaceutical companies.

Source: the information for this article was taken from open online sources.