Overview
- Paris says the framework also covers next‑generation SAMP‑T air‑defense units, four radar systems, AASM Hammer guided bombs and various drones.
- Officials and analysts say the program would unfold over roughly a decade, with industry estimates of €7–10 billion for 100 airframes before weapons and sustainment.
- Moscow condemned the move, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov arguing it does not advance peace and claiming new aircraft would not change the front‑line situation.
- Ukraine faced fresh Russian strikes, with at least ten killed in the west according to authorities, and Romania scrambled fighter jets after a drone incursion reported near its border.
- Zelensky is meeting Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara to seek renewed U.S. engagement in stalled peace efforts, as the Kremlin declined to comment on U.S.–Russia plan reports cited by Axios.