We will provide Ukraine with Mirage fighters in early 2025 »

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French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced today, Tuesday, that his country will provide Kiev with “Mirage 2000” fighters equipped with new air-to-ground weapons in the first quarter of 2025..

LeCorno wrote in a post on the “X” platform that the delivery of Mirage 2000 aircraft to Ukraine “is still planned for the first quarter of 2025,” without mentioning the number of such aircraft..

He added that the aircraft will be equipped with new equipment at the Cazaux Air Base in southwestern France for “air-to-ground combat and electronic warfare,” noting that training of Ukrainian pilots and mechanics will continue..

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that Mirage 2000-5 fighters would be made available to Kiev in early June, noting that deliveries would begin before the end of the year..

According to a newspaper Current ValuesThe French Air Force has a total of 26 aircraft of this type and cannot carry more than six aircraft without compromising its own capabilities..

Russia has repeatedly stressed that Western military aid to Ukraine is not good enough and will only add to the conflict, and Western military supplies will be considered a legitimate target for the Russian military..

Source: Russia Today

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