{"id":1831588,"date":"2023-02-01T11:05:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T16:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1831588"},"modified":"2023-02-01T11:09:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T16:09:38","slug":"will-france-send-fighter-jets-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-france-send-fighter-jets-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Will France Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwill-france-send-fighter-jets-to-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1831588&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Dassault-Rafale.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>France Could Be First Nation to Send Warplanes to Ukraine \u2013 <\/strong>Amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/thanks-for-the-m1-abrams-tanks-but-ukraine-wants-f-16-fighters\/\">Rumours<\/a> The United States could eventually provide Ukraine with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/putin-should-worry-ukraine-wants-longer-range-missiles-and-f-16-fighters\/\">F-16 fighter jets<\/a> It spent the last year requesting French President Emmanuel Macron <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/netherlands-macron-france-59c3ca22e43f459482dc11fb1eb8997a\">suggested on Monday<\/a> that France hasn\u2019t ruled out sending fighter jets to Kyiv.\n<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<\/p>\n<p>(Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@19fortyfive\/\">Here<\/a>. <em>19FortyFive<\/em> publishes original videos every day.)\n<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as Western leaders express greater openness to the idea of sending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/could-france-send-the-leclerc-tank-and-mirage-2000-fighter-to-ukraine\/\">warplanes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/putin-would-freak-could-america-send-m1-abrams-tanks-and-atacms-to-ukraine\/\">advanced weapons<\/a>, and tanks to Ukraine following almost a year of concern over escalating the conflict.\n<\/p>\n<p>France has already sent Ukraine rocket launchers, air-defense systems, and other pieces of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/could-france-send-the-leclerc-tank-and-mirage-2000-fighter-to-ukraine\/\">advanced weaponry<\/a>, but the French government \u2013 in lockstep with all other Western allies of Ukraine \u2013 has refrained from sending fighter jets.\n<\/p>\n<p>France has also not agreed to send main battle tanks to Ukraine, even after the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland all agreed to do so.<\/p>\n<h2>Why France Could Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/04\/emmanuel-macron-wins-big-but-should-we-really-celebrate\/\">President Macron<\/a>\u2019s comments came during a press conference in The Hague on Monday, and while the French president expressed willingness to send warplanes, he also laid out a number of conditions that must be met before the planes are sent.\n<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Macron stated that France would first need to be certain that sending the planes would not be used to \u201ctouch Russian soil,\u201d indicating that France \u2013 much like every other ally helping Ukraine \u2013 wants to ensure that French weapons will not be used to launch strikes on Russian soil.<\/p>\n<p>While the move would ultimately be an attack by Ukraine, the use of French weapons could make France a target for Russia.\n<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/02\/ukraine-crisis-update-can-emmanuel-macron-strike-a-deal-with-russia\/\">Macron<\/a> said that he must first be certain that sending warplanes would not \u201cweaken the capacities of the French army,\u201d suggesting that investigations are underway to determine the impact of sending French warplanes.\n<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u201cNo Requests\u201d for F-16s Yet<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>During the same press conference, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte responded to rumors that Ukraine was looking for F-16 fighter jets and insisted that no requests have been made so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no talk about delivering F-16s to Ukraine. No requests,\u201d Rutte said, adding that there would be \u201cno taboos\u201d about sending them, even though it would be a \u201cvery big next step.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very important we keep supporting Ukraine and that Ukraine articulates to us what they need,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/ap\/ap-international\/ap-france-doesnt-rule-out-sending-warplanes-to-ukraine\/\">Rutte said.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>The comments appeared to suggest that the Netherlands is willing to send the jets, but that Ukraine must first make a formal request. The comments could also have been made strategically to encourage the United States to make the first move, much in the same way that the German government held out on agreeing to send German-made tanks to Ukraine until the United States approved of the decision.\n<\/p>\n<p>Rutte also praised the decision by Germany to send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/ukraine-getting-m1-abrams-and-leopard-2-tanks-are-just-the-start-training-is-the-key\/\">Leopard 2 tanks<\/a> and said that his country was prepared to buy more of the tanks \u2013 which the Dutch military presently leases \u2013 and send them to Ukraine too.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/dont-show-putin-this-picture-ukraine-is-getting-m1-abrams-tanks\/\"> Why Putin Fears the M1 Abrams Tank<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/my-military-experience-in-a-leopard-2-tank\/\"> I Went to War in the Leopard 2 Tank Ukraine Wants<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/12\/5-places-world-war-iii-could-start-in-2023\/\"> World War III \u2013 Where Could It Start<\/a>?\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/a-u-s-china-war-over-taiwan-how-bad-could-it-get\/\"> A U.S.-China War Over Taiwan Would Be Bloody <\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Jack Buckby is 19FortyFive\u2019s Breaking News Editor. He is a British author, counter-extremism researcher, and journalist based in New York. Reporting on the U.K., Europe, and the U.S., he works to analyze and understand left-wing and right-wing radicalization, and reports on Western governments\u2019 approaches to the pressing issues of today. His books and research papers explore these themes and propose pragmatic solutions to our increasingly polarized society.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France Could Be First Nation to Send Warplanes to Ukraine \u2013 Amid Rumours The United States could eventually provide Ukraine with the F-16 fighter jets It spent the last year requesting French President Emmanuel Macron suggested on Monday that France hasn\u2019t ruled out sending fighter jets to Kyiv. 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