French newspaper Le Figaro reported last week that a group of about thirty Ukrainian pilots have been undergoing secret flight training at Mont-de-Marsan and Nancy air bases since Feburary to fly the Mirage 2000 fighter.
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The green light to proceed with the training was given on the eve of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Paris in February.
In another gated report from Intelligence Online, the Mirage 2000 fighters that Paris intends to donate to Kyviv will come from the United Arab Emirates. The UAE’s Mirage 2000-9 fleet is configured for ground strike duties, being equipped with Shehab laser targeting pod and the Nahar navigation pod.
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