News snippet: PARIS (AP) — Ukraine on Monday signed a letter of intent to buy up to 100 Rafale warplanes from France, the Ukrainian Embassy and the French president’s office said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel Macron signed the document stating that Ukraine is considering the possibility of buying French defense equipment, including Rafale jet fighters, Macron’s office said. It did not provide further details.
Zelenskyy was on his ninth visit to Paris since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. His talks are meant to strengthen Ukraine’s defenses as the country enters another winter under Russian bombardment of its energy infrastructure and other targets.
Norfside-Shorty on
They went from throwing rocks to buying 100 planes. The come up is real 💯
-Revelation- on
How long would it take for France to build such a big order?
sinsimmer on
A hundred Gripen JAS 39s and now a hundred Rafales? That’s an astonishing fleet size. Erm… who exactly is paying for this? It may top 20 bill euro.
BeAr_cosmicLy on
Hopefully they’ll just do a swap as soon as they are decommissioned from the NATO package….Great value pick for the UKR💪🏼
aindriu80 on
Great for Ukraine but they will be operating many different airframes
Kyeithel on
Both rafale and gripen or did they just dump the gripen option?
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News snippet: PARIS (AP) — Ukraine on Monday signed a letter of intent to buy up to 100 Rafale warplanes from France, the Ukrainian Embassy and the French president’s office said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel Macron signed the document stating that Ukraine is considering the possibility of buying French defense equipment, including Rafale jet fighters, Macron’s office said. It did not provide further details.
Zelenskyy was on his ninth visit to Paris since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. His talks are meant to strengthen Ukraine’s defenses as the country enters another winter under Russian bombardment of its energy infrastructure and other targets.
They went from throwing rocks to buying 100 planes. The come up is real 💯
How long would it take for France to build such a big order?
A hundred Gripen JAS 39s and now a hundred Rafales? That’s an astonishing fleet size. Erm… who exactly is paying for this? It may top 20 bill euro.
Hopefully they’ll just do a swap as soon as they are decommissioned from the NATO package….Great value pick for the UKR💪🏼
Great for Ukraine but they will be operating many different airframes
Both rafale and gripen or did they just dump the gripen option?