Well, there's a difference - the U.S. says France to break the Russian contract, France doesn't want to pay the fines and the damages, so the U.S. may propose to pay the bills themselves.
“Well, there’s a difference - the U.S. says France to break the Russian contract, France doesn’t want to pay the fines and the damages, so the U.S. may propose to pay the bills themselves.”
France should not be liable for the payment of damages to Russia, because Russia’s grave violations of international law with the illegal occupation and annexation of the Ukrainian territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea have voided the terms of the contract under any force majeure provisions which are now in effect due to the Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928, the Budapest Memorandum 1934, and the Chrater of the United Nations.
India, Japan, Vietnam, and India could use some helicopter carriers.