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France announced that 26 Ukrainian combat pilots are training for Mirage 2000 jets (operational Q1 2025) and that a fully French-trained Ukrainian combat brigade named 'Anna of Kyiv' will be fielded by early 2025 with NATO-standard equipment.

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Post

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France announced that 26 Ukrainian combat pilots are training for Mirage 2000 jets (operational Q1 2025) and that a fully French-trained Ukrainian combat brigade named 'Anna of Kyiv' will be fielded by early 2025 with NATO-standard equipment.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

France has 26 Ukrainian combat pilots in training for Mirage 2000 jets

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Mirage 2000s will be operational in Ukraine with trained pilots in Q1 2025

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

France is training a Ukrainian combat brigade 'Anna of Kyiv' with 2,500 personnel to be fielded by early 2025

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

This will be the first fully western-trained brigade to reach the field in Ukraine

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.231Z

Source story: day-962-2024-10-14