### [2025-03-7](/feed/2025/03/7/index.md)

##### Russian invasion of Ukraine
# Ukraine deploys its Dassault Mirage 2000 jets against Russian forces for the first time, with the jets intercepting several Russian cruise missiles with air-to-air missiles. 




### Sources:

1. [BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg70jylp32gt)
2. [Politico](https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-use-french-mirage-2000-jet-first-time-repel-russia-missile-drone-strike/)

### Changes:

1. Ukraine deploys its Mirage 2000 jets against Russian forces for the first time. The jets intercepted several Russian cruise missiles with air-to-air missiles.  _2025-03-07 15:24:21 (First version)_
1. Ukraine deploys its Dassault Mirage 2000 jets against Russian forces for the first time, with the jets intercepting several Russian cruise missiles with air-to-air missiles.  _(Current version)_

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