Even if Apache attack helicopters appear in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, this will not save them, declaration In an interview with FAN, military analyst, pilot-instructor Andrey Krasnoperov. Earlier, the British Ministry of Defense stated that it was looking for suppliers of missiles with a range of 100 to 300 km to be sent to Ukraine, and announced that it did not plan to transfer these planes to Kiev.
“In this case, I do not see any problems for the RF Armed Forces, even if the Apaches are delivered to the defense forces, Kiev will have to train pilots on these machines. And this is easy to retrain in not a day, but at least a few months. And if you cook from scratch, this is more than a year, ”said Krasnoperov.
He added that the Apache itself is a powerful and efficient helicopter, but with the level of saturation of Russian air defense these machines will “quickly go out.”
Former President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky He insisted Britain will lead the formation of an air coalition for Ukraine.