The head of the German Ministry of Defense, Boris Pistorius, said that Berlin does not have the military equipment and capacity to supply fighter jets to Kiev. He announced this at a joint press conference with British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, the broadcast was broadcast by the Sky News channel, reported. TASS.
“We cannot play an active role in such an alliance, such a coalition, because we have neither training opportunities, competencies, nor aircraft,” he said.
On May 17, Wallace declared that the British authorities are now planning Transfer Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes to Ukraine.
On the eve of Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, chairman of the Bundestag Defense Committee spokeNot deeming it necessary to transfer German Tornado or Eurofighter aircraft to Ukraine. According to him, this is due to the difficulties in managing such equipment and its features.
Earlier, Politico newspaper wrote about Ukraine. He wants to take 50 F-16 fighters from the West to form 3-4 squadrons. As mentioned, Britain, Italy, France and Germany cannot offer F-16 fighter jets to Kiev, but these countries have a significant say in the international coalition, so they can influence the USA and Turkey.