British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has clearly dampened Ukraine’s hopes for rapid deliveries of fighter jets from Britain: “I don’t think we will necessarily be delivering fighter jets in the coming months or even years because these are completely different weapons systems than anti- weapon systems.” tank missiles, for example.” It takes a long time to learn how to fly such jets.
In addition – just like with a Formula 1 team – an entire crew is needed, according to Wallace. “And we will not send 200 members of the Royal Air Force to Ukraine in wartime.”
Selenskyj calls for arms deliveries
During his recent visit to London, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged fighter jets to defend against Russian aggression. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is therefore investigating in principle whether combat aircraft are available for Ukraine. However, he also spoke of a “long term” solution. Training should be faster than delivery: the first Ukrainian pilots could be trained on NATO jets in Britain as early as spring.
Less ammunition available
Meanwhile, Wallace says Britain is training Ukrainian soldiers to fight with less ammunition. “Ukraine is using massive amounts of ammunition to defend itself,” Wallace told Times Radio. “That’s one of the reasons we teach them to fight the Western way.” The Russian or Soviet way of fighting is very “ammunition heavy”, with massive artillery bombardments. “That’s not how we organized to fight in NATO.”
In an interview with the BBC, Wallace also highlighted how much the Russian military has been challenged by the war in Ukraine. “We currently estimate that 97 percent of the Russian military, the entire Russian military, is in Ukraine.”
Source: Krone
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