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Kiev claims first combat use of French jets

 

Kiev claims first combat use of French jets

Moscow has previously dismissed the Mirage 2000 as inferior to modern Russian fighters
Kiev claims first combat use of French jets

Ukraine has deployed French-supplied Mirage 2000 fighter jets in combat for the first time, Air Force spokesman Yury Ignat announced on Friday. The aircraft were used overnight to counter a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, the spokesman stated.

Kiev received its first batch of fourth-generation jets from France last month. Last October, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu confirmed that Ukrainian pilots were being trained in France to operate the aircraft.

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