"Nothing is off the table": British PM on sending combat aircraft to Ukraine

Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has once again stated that London is ready to consider sending fighter jets to Ukraine, and a decision on training pilots is the first practical step in that direction. 

Source: Rishi Sunak at the joint briefing with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy  at a military base in Dorset in the south of England, reported by European Pravda

Quote from Sunak: "When it comes to fighter combat air force, I have already said this: nothing is off the table. And the first step in being able to provide advanced aircraft is to have soldiers or aviators that are capable of using them."

Sunak has also added that training from scratch would take three years. 

"This is not an option that we are planning because Ukraine already has trained fighter jet pilots. And we can prepare them for the aircraft that they will be using in the future."

Details: Sunak has said that another complicated aspect of sending fighter jets to Ukraine is the logistics needed to maintain them. All those issues are being talked through with the Ukrainians and allies. 

Background: Earlier, the PM’s spokesperson reported that Rishi Sunak had asked Defence Secretary Ben Wallace to investigate what jets the UK could potentially give to Ukraine. 

Rishi Sunak also confirmed that the UK counted on sending Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine with trained Ukrainian tank operators in March. 

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