France will supply Ukraine with a new batch of Mirage-2000-5F fighter aircraft and surface-to-air missiles for SAMP/T air-defence systems in the coming days, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on October 25th. A new, accelerated training program for Ukrainian military pilots will also be launched. The announcement was made via X by user @NSTRIKE01 within the past hour. According to the announcement, the missiles supplied will include ASTER-15s and potentially ASTER-30s, which are capable of ballistic missile interception. The new training program aims to reduce retraining timelines and increase effectiveness for Ukrainian pilots, though specific delivery and commencement timings were not detailed. This comes as questions are being raised regarding Ukrainian military leadership and territorial losses, with user @lucky__soldier on X questioning whether Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi will be removed if Pokrovsk is lost, and speculating about other generals resigning. In related military activity, footage of a Ukrainian anti-aircraft gun, likely a Gepard SPAAG, destroying a Russian Shahed attack drone earlier this week was shared on X by @Osinttechnical. Meanwhile, Russian forces were reportedly in control of the southeastern residential area of Konstantinovka, extending to the highway, with no Ukrainian presence on the east side, according to a report on X by user @Playfra0, as of 5:02 AM UTC on October 25th. This development followed earlier warnings from the Ukrainian Air Force of ballistic weapons threats across Ukraine between 1:02 AM and 2:02 AM UTC on October 25th, coinciding with reports of "Shahed" type UAV launches from the Oryol Region and an injury in Kyiv's Dnipro district.
