Ukraine might make use of them, but they’ll have to pass the hat to pay for them.
The French do need to return the Russian’s money or deliver the ships, as they are not at war.
“The French do need to return the Russian’s money or deliver the ships, as they are not at war.”
On the contrary, France is obligated by the Kellogg-Briand Treaty, Paris Peace Pact of 1928, its Articles of Interpretation, Budapest Conference 1934, and other related international law to refrain from delivering aid and comfort in the form of weaponry to Russia after its aggression against the Ukraine and illegal annexation of the Crimea.
France may lawfully withhold any Russian monies, property, and other assets in trust pending the conclusion of the unlawful Russian aggression against the Ukraine and other nations and a legal determination of whom may receive such assets in compensation for those Russian aggressions.