The material says that the defense ministers of France and Ukraine plan to discuss this request by Kyiv by phone this week.
It is noted that, according to a French official, the training of Ukrainian pilots will only make sense if "Paris sends planes to Kyiv."
Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron did not rule out the possibility of delivering aircraft to Ukraine.
At the same time, he stressed that Ukraine should not strike at Russian territory with weapons that the West supplies to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.