It will take at least a year to train Ukrainian pilots to fly Mirages so if the plan is to inject these into action sooner than that, it will be French pilots flying them. A dangerous situation.
The Ural company Fores promised to pay 15 million rubles for the first downed F-16 fighter, which Western countries plan to deliver to Ukraine in 2024. The general director of the company, Sergei Shmotyev, told TASS about this on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).