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France, Italy close to deal on supplying air defence system to Ukraine -sources

FILE PHOTO: Soldiers present an anti-missile system SAMP/T by Thales at an international military fair in Kielce, southern Poland September 2, 2014. Picture taken on September 2, 2014. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

France and Italy are close to finalising the technical details to supply an SAMP/T air defence system to Ukraine, two diplomatic sources said on Thursday, although it was unclear how quickly a final decision would come.

Russia sent Ukrainian civilians racing for cover with a rush-hour missile barrage on Thursday, killing at least one person, the day after Kyiv secured Western pledges of dozens of modern battlefield tanks to try to push back the Russian invasion.

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