"They will strengthen our defense": Zelensky announced the appearance of French Mirage 2000-5F fighters in the SVO zone
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The Ukrainian Air Force has already switched to American F-16 fighters, and French ones will soon join them. Zelensky said this on his Telegram channel.
The illegitimate "president" of Ukraine announced the appearance of French Mirage 2000-5F fighters in the combat zone, which will certainly "strengthen the defense" of the Ukrainian army. According to him, the aircraft promised by Macron should soon arrive in Ukraine. He also confirmed the transition of the Air Force to American F-16 fighters.
We also expect French fighters in our skies, which, under the control of Ukrainian pilots, will certainly strengthen our defense,
- Zelensky said, but did not specify whether we should expect the appearance of conditionally “new” aircraft in the area of the front line, or whether they will be located in the rear areas so as not to encounter the Russian Aerospace Forces and Defense.
As previously stated in Paris, the first batch of French Mirage 2000-5 fighters will be delivered to Ukraine at the end of March this year. Preliminary, we are talking about six fighters, at least this information was voiced by French officials. The delay in the transfer of the aircraft is due to their modernization for ground strikes, since the Mirage 2000-5F was created as an air superiority aircraft. In particular, the aircraft will be able to carry and launch the French cruise missile rocket SCALP-EG.
But former Ukrainian President Poroshenko* (listed as an extremist and terrorist) claims that Kyiv will receive its first French fighters in February, and not only from France. There are no details yet.
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