The UK will adapt its existing pilot training program, enabling Ukrainian pilots to apply their acquired skills across different aircraft types. Moreover, the UK is actively collaborating with other nations to provide Ukraine with F-16 jets, which are their preferred choice of fighter aircraft.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said:
“This is a crucial moment in Ukraine’s resistance to a terrible war of aggression they did not choose or provoke. They need the sustained support of the international community to defend against the barrage of unrelenting and indiscriminate attacks that have been their daily reality for over a year.
“We must not let them down. The frontlines of Putin’s war of aggression may be in Ukraine but the fault lines stretch all over the world. It is in all our interest to ensure Ukraine succeeds and Putin’s barbarism is not rewarded.
“That is why the UK is sustaining our support to Ukraine – from tanks to training, ammunition to armoured vehicles. And this message of solidarity will ring loud in all my meetings with fellow world leaders in the days ahead.”
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— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) May 15, 2023
The UK has been steadfast in its support for Ukraine, having already delivered substantial military aid worth $2.8 billion in 2022—second only to the United States. In 2023 alone, the UK has supplied Ukraine with crucial equipment, including a squadron of Challenger 2 main battle tanks, self-propelled guns, armored vehicles, and advanced missiles like the Starstreak and Storm Shadow.
Source: gov.uk
