Yes, And They Will Show Those ...

 ... damn Russkies. 

Six months after French President Macron announced that an unspecified number of Dassault Mirage 2000-5 fighters is set to be transferred to Ukraine, it now appears that the first Ukrainian pilots and ground personnel might have completed their training in France. The info was first disclosed by RTL France, which mentioned that "the training of pilots and mechanics at the Nancy base seems to be complete."

And this is the problem ... for the combined West. Or as they would say a conundrum--the United States gave 404 its best weapon systems--Patriot PAC3, NASAMS, ATACMS, Abrams M1s et al--they performed dismally, to put it mildly. I will talk about some of them in my new video, Javelin alone is a wowser. Now, you have France, which is a conventional second tier power at best who follows statements from its bank teller boy president trying to "train" Ukie pilots for something not a single French Air Force pilot has any idea about; namely--operating of the obsolete combat aircraft in the battlespace dominated by the AD, EW, Netcentricity and state-of-the-art 4++ and 5th generation aviation of Russian Air Force. We know the outcome. 

Mirage 2000-5F is an old aircraft:

And the first of the fleet of M-2000s iterations with the "glass cockpit". 

That's not going to change much for those Ukie pilots who will encounter any Russian fighter, as it wouldn't for any French pilot flying the latest iteration of Rafale--they all will be shot down. The only purpose of these aircraft is to serve as platforms for French Scalp missiles to launch at Russian (primarily civilian) targets. If they get lucky--they may fly couple-three missions before either being shot down or hunted down by Mr. Kinzhal or Mr. Iskander, or a jolly company of 3M14 Kalibrs. French made their choice, and the vector of Russo-French relations is set. Mr. Lavrov disclosed pathetic French behind the scene attempts to "negotiate" with Russia (without Zelensky no less as French insisted) on purpose--to demonstrate to France her insignificance and the fact that France is Russia's enemy and should be treated accordingly.