France to provide Mirage 2000 warplanes to Ukraine, Macron says

France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska upon their arrival to attend the International commemorative ceremony at Omaha Beach marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, in northwestern France, on June 6, 2024. LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS

PARIS (Reuters) - France plans to provide Mirage 2000 warplanes to Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron told French TV stations on Thursday.

Macron said that on Friday, on the occasion of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to France as part of D-Day anniversary celebrations, his government would announce it will provide the warplanes to Ukraine.