"With Ukrainian pilots trained for several months in France on board, they will now participate in defending Ukraine's sky," French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said.

PARIS — Ukraine received the first Mirage 2000 fighter jets promised by France on Thursday, French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu said, giving the country its second type of Western aircraft in addition to F-16 jets handed over by allies last year.

A first delivery of French Mirage fighter planes has arrived in Ukraine, according to President Zelenskyy, along with additional Dutch F-16s. Elsewhere, Russia claims to have repelled a Ukrainian offensive in Kursk.

The first French Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets promised to Ukraine have been delivered, the French Ministry of Armed Forces confirmed.

France said Thursday it has sent the first of the promised Mirage jet fighters to Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron announced in June 2024 that Ukraine would get the jets.

Ukraine has repeatedly pressed Western allies to supply it with increasingly sophisticated arms and ammunition. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Ukraine said on Thursday it had received a first batch of French Mirage 2000 fighter jets as well as US-made F-16 fighters from the Netherlands as European allies seek to strengthen Kyiv’s hand in its

In addition to the French Mirage 2000 fighter jets, Ukraine also received F-16 warplanes from the Netherlands. — Ukrinform.