French President Francois Hollande announced this at a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko, who is in Paris on Wednesday.

"As far as I know, I can say that the supplies of Mistrals are impossible now," Hollande said.

At the same time, he stressed that France would pay compensation if the helicopter carriers weren't delivered to the customer. "This is a matter of principle. Everything is clear - yes, there will be compensation," he said.

"If you don't supply vessels, you should pay compensation. And we with Mr. Putin are well aware of that," he added.

As UNIAN reported, a contract for the supply of two helicopter carriers was concluded by Russia and France in 2011. The first vessel was scheduled to be delivered in 2014. In November 2014, Hollande suspended the process of the delivery due to the annexation of Crimea by Russia and the Donbas conflict in eastern Ukraine.