
The Mirage 2000 squadron leader in Ukraine, call sign “T-Rex”, testified to Le Figaro about his high-risk missions to intercept Russian drones, becoming decisive in the Ukrainian sky.
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Ukraine has received French Mirage 2000 fighter jets to strengthen its air defense against Russian drone attacks.
TESTIMONY - There are less than ten of them in Ukraine and their words are rare. The squadron leader of the Mirage 2000, call sign “T-Rex”, has agreed to lift the veil on his high-risk missions in the Ukrainian skies, while the French fighter plane has become decisive in intercepting the new generation of Russian drones.
“We have a record of five drones shot down in one flight”: a Ukrainian Mirage 2000 pilot recounts his missions to Le Figaro

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