Ben Wallace said Britain’s jets were very complex and might not be applicable in Ukraine. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - Britain has not made a “solid decision” not to send its fighter jets to Ukraine but does not think it is the right approach at the moment, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Wednesday.
“I’ve been involved with this for a pretty long time. And I’ve learned two things; never rule anything in and never rule anything out,” he told reporters when asked why Britain would not send Ukraine jets. “This is not a solid decision,” he added. “For now, I don’t think that’s the right approach... What’s going to move on this conflict this year is going to be the ability for Ukrainians to deploy Western armour against Russia.”
On Tuesday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesman said it would not be practical to send jets to Ukraine because it would take months to learn to fly them.“What they need right now is armour and tanks,” he said. “I think we’d have to be pretty sure that is going to be the next battle winning requirement. But for now, I think we’re focused on the tanks, the land battle.” REUTERS
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