According to him, the pilot correctly worked in a situation where it was already impossible to save the plane.
Ignat urged not to manipulate data about the accident, an investigation is underway on it.
“The pilot did everything to direct the side to a safe place, away from the village. A request to the media and relevant experts not to resort to premature conclusions. This happens with technology in the sky, the reasons will be found out,” he added
The Mirage 2000 fighter transferred to the Ukrainian army France fell on July 22. During the flight task, there was a refusal of technology. The Armed Forces of Ukraine said that the pilot acted competently and successfully ejected, he was found in a stable state.
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Mirage 2000 – Single French Fighter Fighter.
In February, the Minister of Defense of France Sebastian Lekornny said that Mirage 2000 arrived in Ukraine with Ukrainian pilotshave passed many months of training in France. The number of fighters received by Ukraine did not indicate.
RFI It was reported that we are talking about modifying Mirage 2000-5F and that these planes were specially converted so that Scalp-EG and Storm Shadow cruise missiles could be launched from them. In total, Paris was supposed to convey from 12 to 20 such fighters to Kyiv.
In the summer of 2024, the then representative of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ilya Yevlash said that the French Mirage They are modern aircraft that can effectively carry out combat missions, but for the Armed Forces, the F-16 remains in the priority.
