K2RULEZ
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Hey @F-22Raptor what do you make of chief Trump and his favorable tilt towards Russia? It looks like your country is about to shaft the Ukrainians and Europeans.
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Hey @F-22Raptor what do you make of chief Trump and his favorable tilt towards Russia? It looks like your country is about to shaft the Ukrainians and Europeans.
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Ukraine receives first Mirage 2000 fighter jets from France
By Rudy Ruitenberg
Thursday, Feb 6, 2025
A Mirage 2000-5F fighter jet takes off from an air base in France on March 13, 2022. (Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images)
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.
The Mirage 2000 jets arrived with Ukrainian pilots on board, after several months of training in France, Lecornu said in a post on X. “They will now participate in defending the skies of Ukraine.”
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine posted an image of a Mirage 2000 taking off in Ukrainian livery and the text “Already in Ukraine.”
A major advantage of flying Western jets is their ability to interface with NATO ordnance such as the Scalp/Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles and guided bombs, as well as older air-to-air missiles that many of Ukraine’s allies have in stock. The Netherlands, Denmark and Norway delivered F-16s to Ukraine last year, with the Dutch planning to hand over another batch in 2025.
French President Macron had announced the plan to delivery French Mirage 2000 jets to Ukraine in June, without providing details at the time. France was planning to deliver a total of six Mirage 2000-5 to Ukraine, according to a budget document published in October on behalf of the National Assembly’s defense committee.
The first delivery to Ukraine would be a batch of three aircraft, armed with MBDA’s Mica air-to-air missiles and Scalp cruise missiles as well as Safran’s AASM Hammer guided bombs, French daily La Tribune reported in October. The aircraft is equipped with two 30 mm canons as well as nine hard points.
The Mirage 2000-5 is an air-superiority version, and the jets for Ukraine were being upgraded with new equipment for air-to-ground combat and defense against electronic warfare, Lecornu said in October. The Mirage 2000 D in use with the French Air Force is a ground-attack version.
The Mirage 2000 first flew in 1978, and an air-defense version entered the French forces in 1984. Dassault Aviation says it has produced 600 of the aircraft, with nearly half of them exported to eight countries including Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Greece and Taiwan.
The jet has a combat mass of 9.5 tons and a maximum take-off weight of 17.5 tons, a maximum speed of more than Mach 2.2 and can remain on station for 2 hours 40 minutes at a distance of 150 nautical miles from its departure base, according to Dassault Aviation.
France has been gradually replacing its Mirage fleet with Dassault Aviation’s Rafale, with the country planning to retire the Mirage 2000-5 from its forces in 2029 and the Mirage 2000 D in 2035.
The operating cost of a French Mirage 2000 is estimated to be around €17,000 per flying hour, according to a French senate report in October. A 2022 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found operating costs for the F-16 of $26,927 per flying hour in 2020.
Separately, Lecornu said parliament gave final approval to the French 2025 budget, with spending on defense increasing to €50.5 billion, an increase of €3.3 billion from last year. Major deliveries to the armed forces this year will include 14 Rafale jets, as well as 308 vehicles in the Scorpion program and lots of Aster air-defense missiles.
“Essential for our rearmament, this increased budget will enable us to continue modernizing our nuclear deterrent, improve the pay of our servicemen and women, and place the first orders for the new-generation aircraft carrier,” Lecornu said in a post on X.
Ukraine receives first Mirage 2000 fighter jets from France
The warplanes arrived with Ukrainian pilots on board, after several months of training in France.www.defensenews.com
The tempo of the war is certainly decreasing as Ukraine realises that support is running out and it has lost this war. What is interesting is that there has been no confirmed confrontation between F16s/Mirages and Su-27 derivatives of the Russian airforce so far.
Soldier35
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The first footage of attacks by Russian FPV drones "Prince Vandal Novgorodsky", controlled via fiber optic cable, on the Ukrainian two-link transporter-tractor "Bv 206". The video was filmed in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. Previously, the all-terrain vehicle was used by the 141st infantry brigade of the Ukrainian army.
The tracked articulated all-terrain vehicle Bandvagn 206 was developed in Sweden in 1974, and is still actively used today. Due to the low ground pressure, not all anti-tank mines explode under it. The carrying capacity of the all-terrain vehicle "Bv 206" is about 2240 kg, it can carry up to 17 soldiers.
Judging by the video, the Ukrainian all-terrain vehicle Bv 206 was attacked by several Russian FPV drones, as a result of which the all-terrain vehicle was destroyed.
The tracked articulated all-terrain vehicle Bandvagn 206 was developed in Sweden in 1974, and is still actively used today. Due to the low ground pressure, not all anti-tank mines explode under it. The carrying capacity of the all-terrain vehicle "Bv 206" is about 2240 kg, it can carry up to 17 soldiers.
Judging by the video, the Ukrainian all-terrain vehicle Bv 206 was attacked by several Russian FPV drones, as a result of which the all-terrain vehicle was destroyed.
F-22Raptor
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AZ_HighCountry
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Russian invader elects to self-denazify rather than be droned to death:
Snake
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those drones from Iran are almost military worthless.Iran manufactures Shahed drones to attack Ukraine.
So, Ukraine has more than 1 enemy.
Anyway, it's ridiculous these nazi germany comparisons.
Goldwin law.
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the russians use them as bait, or terror means against population or to overwhelm Ukraine air defence.
interestingly the mullahs always deny any involvement in the war. just prove the mullahs are cowards.
BHAN85
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what is the point in to be brave when is not useful to achieve anything.
KingQamaR
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This is sickening. Where is the honour in that. Drones chasing soldier. A sadistic war.
K2RULEZ
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Ukraine not invited to US-Russia peace talks, source tells BBC
A Ukrainian government source told the BBC Kyiv would not be present at the proposed peace talks.
Kyiv has not been invited to talks between the US and Russia aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian government source has told the BBC.
The US special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg had said Kyiv would be involved in Monday's talks in Saudi Arabia, but the source said no delegation would be present.
European leaders have also not been asked to join the discussions, and are due to meet instead on Monday in Paris at a summit hastily arranged by the French president, as fears grow the continent is being locked out of negotiations.
The separate meetings follow a turbulent week where Washington has signalled a drastic change in its approach to the war in Ukraine.
www.bbc.com
A Ukrainian government source told the BBC Kyiv would not be present at the proposed peace talks.
Kyiv has not been invited to talks between the US and Russia aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian government source has told the BBC.
The US special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg had said Kyiv would be involved in Monday's talks in Saudi Arabia, but the source said no delegation would be present.
European leaders have also not been asked to join the discussions, and are due to meet instead on Monday in Paris at a summit hastily arranged by the French president, as fears grow the continent is being locked out of negotiations.
The separate meetings follow a turbulent week where Washington has signalled a drastic change in its approach to the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine not invited to US-Russia peace talks in Saudi Arabia, source says
A Ukrainian government source told the BBC Kyiv would not be present at the proposed peace talks.
www.bbc.com
AZ_HighCountry
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Too bad IMO. Russia is the aggressor. The Ukes don't have the numbers the Russians do. If they play with the Russians like a cat playing with its food, so be it.
AZ_HighCountry
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Russians should be asking for a refund on their thermal blankets. They don't work:
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