--- title: France: Two Warships Russia Ordered Won't Be Delivered Over Ukraine description: French minister says conditions in Ukraine still not right to deliver either of the warships Russia has ordered canonical: https://time.com/3547783/france-russia-warships-ukraine/ author: Conal Urquhart article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-30T10:54:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:06:39.728Z article:section: World og:title: France Says Conditions Not Right to Deliver Warships to Russia og:description: Minister says decision surrounds Russia's involvement in Ukraine's civil war og:url: https://time.com/3547783/france-russia-warships-ukraine/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5420f994036fced2/6987635e524fc0d04edea222/mistral-warship.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: French warships built for Russia og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: France Says Conditions Not Right to Deliver Warships to Russia twitter:description: Minister says decision surrounds Russia's involvement in Ukraine's civil war twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5420f994036fced2/6987635e524fc0d04edea222/mistral-warship.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # France Says Conditions Not Right to Deliver Warships to Russia by [Conal Urquhart](/author/conal-urquhart/) ## Conal Urquhart Oct 30, 2014 10:54 AM CUT  A Mistral-class amphibious assault ship is docked in the shipyard of Saint-Nazaire, Aug. 20, 2014, Saint-Nazaire, France. A Mistral-class amphibious assault ship is docked in the shipyard of Saint-Nazaire, Aug. 20, 2014, Saint-Nazaire, France.Mehdi Chebil—Polaris by [Conal Urquhart](/author/conal-urquhart/) ## Conal Urquhart Oct 30, 2014 10:54 AM CUT France said Thursday that it [would not deliver](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/30/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-france-idUSKBN0IJ0IY20141030 "undefined") either of the warships Russia has ordered because its conditions had not yet been met. Russia ordered two Mistral class amphibious warfare ships in 2010\. The first was due to be delivered this year, but President Francois Hollande said it would not happen because of Russia’s involvement in the civil war in Ukraine, Reuters reports. “The conditions today are not met to deliver the Mistral,” French Finance Minister Michel Sapin told RTL radio. “What are these conditions? It is that in Ukraine we are in a situation that is becoming more normal, that allows for things to cool down.” On Wednesday, [Russian news agency RIA](http://en.ria.ru/ "undefined") quoted Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin as saying that Russia had been invited to take delivery of the first ship on Nov. 14\. He also said the second ship would be floated on the same day. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/30/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-france-idUSKBN0IJ0IY20141030 "undefined")\] _Read next:_ [_Russians Re-write History to Slur Ukraine Over War_](http://time.com/3545855/russia-ukraine-war-history/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3547783/france-russia-warships-ukraine/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3547783/france-russia-warships-ukraine/"},"headline":"France Says Conditions Not Right to Deliver Warships to Russia","datePublished":"2014-10-30T10:54:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:06:39.728Z","description":"Minister says decision surrounds Russia's involvement in Ukraine's civil war","url":"https://time.com/3547783/france-russia-warships-ukraine/","keywords":["Ukraine","russia","France","Government","Civil War","diplomacy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5420f994036fced2/6987635e524fc0d04edea222/mistral-warship.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Conal Urquhart","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/conal-urquhart/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5420f994036fced2/6987635e524fc0d04edea222/mistral-warship.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"French warships built for Russia","caption":"A Mistral-class amphibious assault ship is docked in the shipyard of Saint-Nazaire, Aug. 20, 2014, Saint-Nazaire, France.","creditText":"Mehdi Chebil—Polaris","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3547783/france-russia-warships-ukraine/","name":"France Says Conditions Not Right to Deliver Warships to Russia"}}]}] ```