Hunter Shipment
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has asked Defense Secretary Ben Wallace to examine the possibility of sending fighter jets to Ukraine, a Downing Street spokesman said today, stressing that it would be an option “in the long run”.
On the same day that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the UK, Sunak announced that the country would expand its training program for Kyiv forces to include the handling of military aircraft.
But a Downing Street spokesperson said last week that it would “not be practical” to deliver “highly advanced” aircraft like the F-35, saying London “has not yet made a decision” on sending its own fighters. and Typhoons used by the British Air Force (RAF) because of the time it would take to train Ukrainian pilots to use them.