Paris and Berlin have reached an agreement allowing the Franco-German company KNDS, which manufactures tanks among other things, to establish a branch in Ukraine, according to the French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu after talks with his German counterpart Boris Pistorius. “We are announcing that KNDS, a German-French company, will take a foothold in Ukraine with a local unit,” Lecornu said. According to him, the company’s division will be involved in producing spare parts and training local personnel. About KNDS Established in 2016, KMW+Nexter Defense Systems (KNDS) is a joint venture of…