French President Emmanuel Macron announced on October 25th, within the past hour, that 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. Macron also stated that a new, accelerated training program for Ukrainian military pilots will be launched. The announcement was made via a post on X by user @NSTRIKE01. According to the announcement, the missiles supplied will include ASTER-15s and possibly ASTER-30s, which are capable of ballistic missile interception. The new training program aims to reduce retraining timelines and increase effectiveness for Ukrainian pilots. The specific timing of the delivery of arms and the commencement of the training program were not detailed. Meanwhile, questions are being raised about Ukrainian military leadership and territorial losses. A post on X by user @lucky__soldier, shared within the past hour, questions whether Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi will be removed if Pokrovsk is lost, and speculates about other generals resigning due to health reasons. The post also queries the narrative of successful counterattacks, asking if losses are being acknowledged. This development comes amid ongoing activity in the conflict zone. In the previous reporting window, which ended at 5:31 AM UTC on October 25th, 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. Earlier, between 1:02 AM and 2:02 AM UTC on October 25th, the Ukrainian Air Force issued warnings of ballistic weapons threats across Ukraine, coinciding with reports of "Shahed" type UAV launches from the Oryol Region and an injury in Kyiv's Dnipro district. Prior to that, between 12:02 AM and 1:02 AM UTC, UAVs were detected over the Oryol region heading towards Tula, and a high-speed target was reported in the Chernihiv region heading towards Kyiv.
