Ukrainian president hails UK’s support after meeting PM on second overseas visit since outbreak of war
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has made a powerful appeal to the UK to supply Ukraine with fighter jets in a speech to parliament which electrified parliamentarians and helped spark a review of government policy.
He finished his speech with the words: “Leaving the British parliament two years ago, I thanked you for delicious English tea, and I will be leaving the parliament today thanking all of you in advance for powerful English planes.” A Downing Street spokesperson said: “These are complex pieces of military equipment … the current training period for UK pilots is around five years.”
The other fighter Britain uses, the F-35, is made by Lockheed Martin of the US, and so any re-export decision would rest with Washington. It is so new it would simply be not as cost effective as the F-16 either.
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