The Ukrainian Defense Industry, a state-owned enterprise, has signed two agreements with the French defense company Thales, according to a statement published on Thales’s website on June 19. The deals were signed under the aegis of the French Armed Forces Ministry and Ukraine’s Strategic Industries Ministry, the statement read. One of the agreements announces an intention to create a joint venture in Ukraine to boost the delivery of military gear in the country. The deal includes electronic warfare, tactical communications equipment, air defense systems, and radars. Thales also pledges to prov…