France will give Ukraine 36 easily assembled bridges

Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba spoke about this during an online briefing on Wednesday, July 13.

We encourage foreign companies to actively participate in the restoration of Ukrainian infrastructure destroyed by Russia. The bridge structures of the French company Matiere will be able to quickly replace the destroyed Ukrainian bridges, and then replace them on a permanent basis, he said.

The Minister emphasized that the French company Matiere has many years of experience in the rapid deployment of bridge crossings for road and rail transport, especially in countries where the war has destroyed infrastructure.

Already on July 25, the company's engineers will arrive in Ukraine and conduct a joint assessment mission with the engineers of Ukravtodor. The company is interested in cooperation with Ukrainian contractors and is potentially considering the possibility of expanding the production of these bridge crossings in Ukraine, he added.

According to the minister, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is interested in assisting this company and any other business that wants to come to Ukraine and open production or solve this or that problem.