Ukraine and France ink deal for jets and missile defenses, Paris says (abcnews.go.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 17 Nov 12:31
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French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a letter of intent for the provision of French fighter jets and air defense systems for Kyiv in a meeting at a military air base near Paris on Monday.

The Elysee Palace – the French president’s office – said in a post to social media that the two leaders signed a letter of intent regarding Ukraine’s acquisition of Rafale fighter jets and SAMP/T air defense.

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thfi@discuss.tchncs.de on 17 Nov 13:19 collapse

Wasn’t Zelenskyy shopping for 100–150 Swedish JAS Gripen only a few weeks ago? Eager to modernize the air force with European planes, I guess.