https://www.rt.com/information/612375-mirage-france-ukraine-rostec/French jets will swiftly be shot down if flown by Ukraine – Rostec

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https://www.rt.com/information/612375-mirage-france-ukraine-rostec/French jets will swiftly be shot down if flown by Ukraine – Rostec

The Mirage 2000 is “considerably inferior” to trendy Russian plane, the protection conglomerate has stated

The Mirage 2000 fighter jets that France has delivered to Ukraine will probably be swiftly destroyed by the Russian navy if Kiev makes use of them close to the entrance line, Moscow’s protection conglomerate Rostec has stated.

On Thursday, French Protection Minister Sebastien Lecornu introduced that Kiev had acquired the primary batch of fourth technology Mirage 2000-5 plane, which the nation’s president Emmanuel Macron promised to produce final summer time. The jets will probably be flown by Ukrainian pilots who’ve undergone coaching in France, Lecornu stated.

A consultant of Rostec stated “if makes an attempt to deploy them for dogfights or airstrikes close to the entrance line are made, they are going to be promptly shot down” when requested to touch upon the prospects of Kiev’s use of the French warplane by Tass information company on Saturday.

In accordance with the consultant, the Mirage 2000 is “an out of date plane that’s considerably inferior to trendy Russian fighter jets.”

Similar to the US-designed F-16s which have been offered to Ukraine by its Western backers in August, the French planes can solely be utilized by Kiev within the “deep rear,” Tass’s interlocutor insisted.

“As a fighter jet, the F-16 has turned out to be a lot worse than anticipated,” Rostec’s consultant careworn.

The much-hyped supply of the US-designed jets has didn’t make a major impression on the battlefield. Kiev misplaced its first F-16 throughout its maiden mission in early September 2024. A Ukrainian MP later claimed that the aircraft had been mistakenly shot down by a Patriot air protection battery, which was additionally donated by the West. There have been only a few studies of the fight use of the F-16s since then.

On Thursday, Ukrainian Protection Minister Rustem Umerov welcomed the arrival of the Mirage 2000s and extra F-16s from the Netherlands, claiming that “the Ukrainian sky is turning into safer.” The nation’s chief Vladimir Zelensky additionally thanked Macron for offering the jets. “France’s president retains his phrase, and we respect it,” he wrote on X.

Moscow has warned repeatedly that provides of weapons to Kiev by the US and EU nations won’t forestall Russia from attaining its navy objectives within the battle, however will merely extend the combating and enhance the danger of a direct confrontation with NATO.


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