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Ukraine, France ink deal for jets and missile defenses, Elysee Palace announces · THE DAILY BRIEF

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  Speaker 1: Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has just agreed to buy up
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  Speaker 1: to one hundred warplanes from France. French President Emmanuel Macrone
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  Speaker 1: signed a letter of intent to supply Ukraine with fighter
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  Speaker 1: jets and air defense systems over the next ten years.
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  Speaker 1: The two leaders met near Paris earlier today to discuss
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  Speaker 1: strengthening defense ties between both countries. Now, Zelensky is describing
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  Speaker 1: the meeting as a quote special moment, saying it's truly
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  Speaker 1: historic for both nations. Let's bring in foreign correspondent Tom
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  Speaker 1: Sufi Bird from Paris and Abas News national security and
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  Speaker 1: defense analyst mc mulroy for more. Tom Last month, Sweden
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  Speaker 1: signed a similar letter of intent. So what's the latest
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  Speaker 1: on this deal between Ukraine and France.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, in principle, Dan, this is a hugely significant deal.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's not going to change the war tomorrow
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  Speaker 2: because these airplanes, the warplanes which France is promising to
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  Speaker 2: supply to Ukraine and Ukraine will buy them effectively won't
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  Speaker 2: be in Ukraine's air space for years. But this is
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  Speaker 2: the latest generation of French fighter jet, the Raphaele. You know,
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  Speaker 2: think of it as being the French equivalents of the
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  Speaker 2: f thirty five. You know, it is a big step up.
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  Speaker 2: One hundred is a huge number. Comes on top of
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  Speaker 2: Sweden promising one hundred and fifty of its latest generation
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  Speaker 2: of fighter jet as part of today's deal, which is
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  Speaker 2: basically a declaration of intents. So it is France and
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  Speaker 2: Ukraine's saying that they intend to strengthen their defense corporation
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  Speaker 2: and defense production. There'd also be the latest generation of
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  Speaker 2: air defense systems, the SAMPT, capable of shooting down ballistic
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  Speaker 2: missiles like the US made Patriot, and also in a
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  Speaker 2: tightening corporation. In terms of drone production, Ukraine is really
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  Speaker 2: leading the way in terms of certain types of defensive drones,
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  Speaker 2: interceptor drones which basically can knock down other one way
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  Speaker 2: attack drones out of the sky. And look, the French
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  Speaker 2: are interested in also kind of buying into that for themselves,
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  Speaker 2: but also building up Ukraine's military, and French President Macron
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  Speaker 2: was making the case again today that building up Ukraine's
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  Speaker 2: military in the medium two is about protecting Ukraine in
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  Speaker 2: the longer term. Effectively, it's about those security guarantees. Think
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  Speaker 2: back to when President Trump was really trying to push
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  Speaker 2: Vladimir Putin and Vladimindzeleski into a room to try and
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  Speaker 2: get an end to the war in Ukraine, and Ukraine
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  Speaker 2: and the Europeans were saying, we'll agree to a peace
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  Speaker 2: deal if there are major security guarantees for Ukraine. Well,
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  Speaker 2: the Europeans are pushing on regardless. They are now, you know,
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  Speaker 2: signaling that in the long term they are willing to
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  Speaker 2: really really bolster up Ukraine's military in ways which haven't
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  Speaker 2: been done before with latest generation fighter jets' latest generation
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  Speaker 2: air defense systems. And that is why today's announcement is significant.
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  Speaker 2: Even though the financing behind all of these warplanes isn't
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  Speaker 2: totally clear.
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  Speaker 1: Nick, where does this leave Ukraine's ability to defend itself
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  Speaker 1: or even make advances against Russia?
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  Speaker 3: So Diana, as Tom said, this isn't going to change
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  Speaker 3: the war immediately, but it does show that Ukraine's in
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  Speaker 3: this and believes it's in this for the long run.
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  Speaker 3: So this war is showing no sign of ending. There's
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  Speaker 3: no real prospect of negotiations for the ceasefire. Ukraine is
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  Speaker 3: looking to gain capabilities. This is the fifth generation fighter,
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  Speaker 3: so most advanced in the world, stimilar to the F
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  Speaker 3: thirty five. It shows that Ukraine is only going to
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  Speaker 3: get more capable and more capable as time goes on.
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  Speaker 3: They have to do that. They are outnumbered, they have
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  Speaker 3: been throughout the war, so they really need to rely
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  Speaker 3: on their sophisticated use of drones. They're not only setting
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  Speaker 3: the standards, they're setting completely entirely new ways of warfare
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  Speaker 3: right now, which the West could really gain by learning.
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  Speaker 3: But they are leading the way, and they're also getting
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  Speaker 3: these really advanced weapons systems which they could use how
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  Speaker 3: longer this war goes on to great effect against Russia.
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  Speaker 1: To now, Russian troops are reportedly using fiber optic drones
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  Speaker 1: that fly farther. What does that say about Russia's military
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  Speaker 1: capabilities at this point.
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  Speaker 2: Well, a Russia has been adopting as well. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: as Mick has been saying, the Ukrainians have been absolutely
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  Speaker 2: brilliant ingenuity on the battlefield, changing the way warfare happens.
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  Speaker 2: The Russians have been doing it. Well, these fiber optic
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  Speaker 2: drones are not easy. Well, they can't be intercepted effectively
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  Speaker 2: using kind of jamming and those other techniques which you
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  Speaker 2: can combat other types of drones. So look, the Russians
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  Speaker 2: have huge drone production. What we're seeing at the moment
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  Speaker 2: in terms of the aerial assaults that Russia conduct on Ukraine,
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  Speaker 2: and I think most analysts agree that this is going
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  Speaker 2: to probably be the toughest winter of the war so
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  Speaker 2: far for Ukraine because Russia's campaign against Ukraine's civilian energy
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  Speaker 2: infrastructure has really ramped up, not only against power stations themselves,
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  Speaker 2: but also the substations which are used to basically, you know,
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  Speaker 2: take the electricity from the power stations to people's homes
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  Speaker 2: and cities. So it's going to be a tough winter.
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  Speaker 2: But Ukraine, I think this deal today shows that it
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  Speaker 2: has the backing of European partners and it's in it
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  Speaker 2: for the long term.
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  Speaker 1: So, Mick, you mentioned the peace efforts, what does this
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  Speaker 1: all mean for that.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it really does indicate that as long as Russia
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  Speaker 3: is gaining territory, which they are slowly, it's coming at
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  Speaker 3: great cost in lives in wounded soldiers, but they continue
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  Speaker 3: and as long as they continue to gain territory, they're
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  Speaker 3: going to show no interest in negotiations or a ceasefire
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  Speaker 3: for negotiations. That's going to have to come by actions
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  Speaker 3: in the West, primarily cutting off the ability of Russia
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  Speaker 3: to sell it's all to fund this unlawful war. That's
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  Speaker 3: what's going to happen. To have and have to have
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  Speaker 3: and to change things. If not, this is going to continue.
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  Speaker 3: It really is going to take actions by the West
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  Speaker 3: to change that scenario.
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  Speaker 1: Tom So if your bourage mcmulroy, thank you,