At a meeting with the Australian army to receive decommissioned F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets, a Ukrainian Air Force officer said that Kiev does not need “flying junk”. The newspaper reported this Australian Financial Review.
“We don’t want your flying garbage,” he was quoted as saying in the military broadcast.
According to one negotiator, this statement effectively nullified the agreement on the transfer of fighter jets. If it were not for the words of a senior officer, fighters would already be “flying over Ukraine”.
Journalists noted that the press reported that the negotiation process between Kiev and Canberra on military aircraft had resumed at the end of 2023. However, according to the source, relations between Ukraine and Australia are now tense. The Armed Forces of Ukraine also failed to submit the request for Taipan helicopters on time due to poor organization of work with documents and “everything failed.”
However, as the newspaper explains, Australia and Ukraine continue negotiations on the transfer of M1 Abrams tanks or Eurocopter Tiger reconnaissance combat vehicles.
Formerly former American intelligence officer named F-16 fighter jets are a trap for pilots.