Ukraine will receive Mirage 2000-5 fighters from France by the end of the first quarter of 2025.
This was stated by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot.
Points of attention
- Ukraine will receive Mirage 2000-5 fighters from France by the end of the first quarter of 2025 with the support of French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot.
- The Mirage 2000-5 is a French fourth-generation multi-role fighter that has a wide range of missions from intercepting air targets to delivering precision strikes on ground targets.
- French Mirage 2000 fighters have an advantage over the stock of American F-16s in the ability to launch Western Storm Shadow missiles, which is becoming an important asset for Ukrainian combat aviation.
- The arrival of the Mirage 2000-5 to the Ukrainian Air Force will expand their capabilities in conducting aerospace operations and provide opportunities for effective strikes on enemy targets.
- Obtaining more aircraft capable of launching Storm Shadow missiles will provide Ukraine with greater combat effectiveness and competitiveness in the international military aviation market.
Mirage 2000-5 fighters will be in Ukraine
"Soon, French Mirages will appear in the skies over Ukraine. This will happen at the end of the quarter, as announced by French President Emmanuel Macron," said French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot.
The Mirage 2000 is a French fourth-generation multi-role fighter that has served many countries around the world for decades and continues to do so. The Mirage 2000 can perform a wide range of missions, from intercepting air targets to delivering precision strikes on ground targets.
The Mirage has a specific advantage over the F-16
According to Robinson, French fighters in Ukraine will become another combat platform capable of launching Western Storm Shadow missiles.
As is known, with the help of the latter, Ukrainian soldiers managed to destroy many enemy targets on the front and beyond.
What is important to understand is that American F-16 fighters, some of which have already been received by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, are not adapted for Storm Shadow missiles, so Soviet-designed Su-24 aircraft are used to launch them.
Tim Robinson, a military aviation expert from the Royal Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, told the publication that it would be beneficial for Ukraine to obtain more aircraft capable of launching these missiles.
