Russia’s vast defense-industrial complex, once considered a backbone of its global power projection, is showing signs of systemic failure under the combined weight of war, sanctions, and internal dysfunction.
In what could become one of Europe’s largest modern fighter jet procurements, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced plans to purchase 100 French-made Dassault Rafale multirole jets,
Le Figaro
reported on November 17, citing France’s Élysée Palace.