The last thing that Paris should want is for these impressive birds to lose reputation on the export market after being shot down.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that his country could hold peace talks with Ukraine, but ruled out speaking directly with President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he called "illegitimate".
The Danish model delivered around €590 million of locally manufactured weapons to Ukraine in 2024, the Danish Ministry of Defence says. The Danes are among the top military aid donors to Ukraine in absolute terms, behind the U.S., Germany and the U.K., according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy’s Ukraine Support Tracker.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday warned that Russia's war against Ukraine would not end "tomorrow or the day after" as Donald Trump, who pledged to quickly wind up the conflict, returned to the White House.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot confirmed that French Mirage 2000 fighter jets will be defending Ukraine's skies by the end of the first quarter, 2025. — Ukrinform.
The 155th Mechanized Brigade was given French training and weaponry but has been beset by scandal since before it deployed to the front lines.
A Russian drone attack that targeted cities across Ukraine killed three elderly couples in a Soviet-era residential block in the eastern city of Sumy, prosecutors said.
French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe must "wake up" and spend more on its defense as Trump returns, but how realistic is the suggestion?
Ukraine is set to receive Mirage 2000 jets from France by March 2025, enhancing its air capabilities and defense systems against electronic threats.
The U.K., France and other allies have discussed the possibility of deploying peacekeeping troops to Ukraine as the war escalates.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to discuss further support for Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict and the country’s European integration ambitions.
Speaking in Cesson-Sevigne in northwestern France, the French president said that it was important to give Ukraine "the means to last, and to enter any future negotiations from a position of ...