The head of the British Ministry of Defense, Ben Wallace, said that the country’s authorities are no longer planning to hand over the Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes to Ukraine. He announced this at a joint press conference with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, broadcast by Sky News. TASS.
“We will not send Ukraine destroyed at this time. we have repeatedly stated [истребитель] Typhoon would not be a suitable choice,” he said.
At the same time, Wallace noted that Britain was ready to train Ukrainian pilots to fly Western military aircraft, but that this could take “significant time”.
On May 15, Reuters reported that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office was located in the United Kingdom. not going Send fighter jets to Ukraine.
On the same day, it was learned that the office of the British Prime Minister said so in the country. will open A new center for training Ukrainian military pilots to fly Western aircraft.
Earlier, Politico newspaper wrote about Ukraine. He wants to take 50 F-16 fighters from the West to form 3-4 squadrons.