A Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 flies past the audience during the 2019 Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, England, July 20, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jennifer Zima)
The United Kingdom will train Ukrainian fighter pilots and provide long-range weapons to Kiev forces, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a statement on February 8, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in London on a visit.
“I am proud that today we will expand that training from soldiers to marines and fighter jet pilots,” Sunak said.
According to a statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office, Ukrainian pilots will develop skills that will allow them to be able to “fly sophisticated NATO-standard fighter jets in the future.”
The office didn’t clarify on which fighter jets Ukrainian pilots will be trained. The Royal Air Force is currently mainly made of Eurofighter Typhoon jets.
London intends to coordinate efforts in this area with its allies in order to “meet Ukraine’s defense needs.” Earlier, the Prime Minister’s Office noted that the shortest jet pilot training course lasts 36 months.
“[Sunak] will also offer to begin an immediate training programme for marines. That training will be in addition to the recruit training programme already running in the UK, which has seen 10,000 Ukrainian troops brought to battle readiness in the last six months, and which will upskill a further 20,000 Ukrainian soldiers this year,” the Prime Minister’s Office said, adding that the program will be additionally expanded this year.
“The Prime Minister will also offer to provide Ukraine with longer range capabilities,” the statement reads. The main goal of this step is to “disrupt Russia’s ability” to target Ukrainian facilities, as well as to “help relieve pressure on Ukraine’s frontlines.”
The exact type of the long-range weapons in question was not revealed. One of the UK’s main long-range systems is the Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missile, which can hit ground targets as far as 560 kilometers away from its launch point.
The UK was one of few countries that began shipping weapons to Kiev forces even before the start of the Russian special military operation last year.
Under the leadership of Sunak, the UK continues to push for more armament for Ukraine. Last month, London pledged to supply 14 Challenger 2 main battle tanks to Kiev forces, which opened the way for other Western countries to provide similar modern tanks. Now, it is apparently trying to promote the rehabilitation of the Ukrainian Air Force.
There won’t be an airport left standing in Ukraine to land the things at,if they continue to carry on like lunatics they will face total annihilation.
They will launch from Romania and Poland as they allready do. The Moskva was monitoring this thats why the brits sank her so that they can enter and leave the ukrainian air space at will.
I checked and re-checked and apart from the West and Ukraine nowhere says that the Moskva was sank by the brits or anyone else, still Russians are very consistent in saying that was due to an unknown fire most likely because of mishandling of some flammable product or something alike in an old ship that lack security measures that modern ships have. The Russians admit when they get hit by whatever weapon say missile, drone, sabotage, etc. and when the operation doesn’t go well they retreat and also admit it and fix it for the next time, they retaliate the next day when attacked and even announce the retaliation the previous day, until this day Russians maintain the same version in regards the Moskva, most likely whatever other versions from the West or Ukraine or individuals are not true. Btw apart from Russian sources I checked Turkish, Chinese and even Polish sources and they say the same thing as the Russians, keep in mind Poland hates Russians but aligns its version with Russians.
Russia does not admit cause it would have to retaliate. And no they do not retaliate. I havent seen a turkish jet shot down for when they did. And i still have seen no turk dead for the russian diplomat they killed. What about the place that was destroyed cause israeli planes drew syrian air defences to hit it? What about the army choir blown up over the black sea. Sure if you never admit who it was you never have to retaliate.
The only nation on this planet who had the guts to retaliate on the us in decades was iran. And no i am neither a enemy of russia nor a friend of iran.
So if you checked then you may tell me how many russians died on that ship and why did it try to reach crimea after beeing damaged through whatever cause instead of trying to reach the nearest cost or nearest russian or civilian ship and evacuate into lifeboats.
There were 35 Turkish soldiers killed as a result of Russian airstrike in Idlib..right?
No a single video of Ukraine missile attacking Moskva cruise despite that warship was close to Odessa ( 90km) and 50km from Ukraine coast….
us global hawk guided a nato anti ship missile, if russia would state this they would lose face not retaliating. maybe the retaliation is of a different nature
There are various ways to skin a cat and have you not noticed that Russia is taking out the $US with good effect? Once the $US goes, so does the US overseas military bases and also the US ability to go to war, with all and sundry, who have upset them that day.
They are already facing total annihilation. That’s why it’s important to help them.
UK, US, NATO is Training Ukrainians to Kill RUssians, Provide Arms and Weapons to Kill Russians, SUpply Cash to Kill Russians, Provide Satellites and Intelligence to kill RUssians …. that is the facts on the Ground …
And still the ratio is 1 dead Russian – 20 dead Ukrainian…. Boy Ukraine will be left without men!
1 dead Russian slavs- 20 dead Ukrainian slavs – 0 dead germanics and hebrevs
So the death ratio is 21 – 0 in the western mind. As long as this 0 stands it will continue. If everything wents as the west planned they will end with Millions of slavs (Russian, Belorus, Ukrainian, Poles, Czechs, Slovak, potentially, croats, slovens, serbs, montenegrins).
As long as westerners and israelis do not die in this war the west will consider it a great ratio.
The British government is quite happy for their people to die but the population really thought the tories loved us so much that we had to be locked up, locked down, locked in and locked out for our own sakes.
Sure they do not give a damn but a huge nunber of own dead would get into the way of the narrative.
Russian soldiers are Asian not Slavs. Also if you believe that ratio is 1:20… good luck with surviving in this World…
Back in 2014 they received orders from the Rand Corporation to get rid of at least 1.5 million. Genocide and ethnic cleansing of Ukraine, as they have erased the gene pool. That is one of the reasons that Zelinsky will not give up fighting. Instructions to clean out the gene pool.
Why not killing their women, too? In front of modern weapons, we are all equal.
Thing is Russia is desperately seeking to avoid military escalation into NATO lands or they will have the full military brunt of the armies of forty nations bearing down upon her ; what is she to do? NATO lunatics would relish if Russia were to pursue such a move.
Total rubbish. “NATO’s members were never strongly united behind Washington’s crusade to fatally weaken Russia. The EU (especially French and German) populace has no stomach for body bags. But the neo-cons correctly espied the European Achilles Heel: It was Poland, Lithuania, the other Baltic Republics and the Czech Republic. The U.S. neo-cons allied themselves with this radical Russophobic faction who want Russia dismembered and pacified, and to seize the levers of EU foreign policy away from France and Germany. The latter sat silent and impotent at Bucharest in 2008, when the NATO ‘door’ was thrown open to Georgia and Ukraine. Why did they not then express their reservations which they say they had at the time?
Weak leadership has lifted the lid on the European Pandora’s box, for all the old ghost European animosities, jealousies and naked ambitions to waft out as dark vapours. Is there anyone who can close its lid now?” https://strategic-culture.org/news/2023/02/06/russia-strategic-aims-consequence-to-collapsing-us-empire/
this has been going on between the nations for decades. its just how it works
City of London, who Westminster answers to, whilst ignoring the electorate. Now who was behind the creation of the Bolsheviks and mega clue, they are still after stripping Russia of all her assets and breaking her into little pieces, just like they did with Yugoslavia.
UK HMG appears to be heading the people of UK into a war on behalf of a globalist oligarchy.
I predict strikes and a riot.
I predict the masses will not even notice, so long as it does not interfere with Love Island.
This would only increase the probability of a first strike in a wider war. A strike by a NATO proxy would have to be considered a strike by NATO. In the mean time a hundred more Sarmats can be built.
What good are weapons that will never be used.
What good are the nukes they have now? they are the reason Russia still exists today the sad pert is the US and EU are failed states in their own right regardless of the existence of Russia
I heard nine months to deliver these things? They have not even been built. Well we see soon enough. I think also Ukraine has the long range ATACMS too. I think Ukraine has everything including Nuclear Weapons.
Do you think?
They at one time held Soviet nukes with all the corruption it is possible.
UK has no F-16s, perhaps Hawker Hunter & Hurricane
I think this is footage of the aircraft that will go to the failed Ukrainian CIA project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m6ktbBTe0A
And Boris Johnson will be offering training on how to turn bullshit into cash..
He enjoys his little boys at the fm lodges.
Rusia puede incinerar toda arma que intente entrar en Ucrania y hacer añicos todo intento occidental de fortalecer a Ucrania y el payaso de Zelensky sigue con sus tonterias. 36 meses es mucho tiempo y de Ucrania no quedaria ni la U.
Launch a full strike soon Russia or you will be destroyed by the fm satanists. Don’t be afraid: god despises the satanists. Look how ugly he made them.
More expensive aerial target practice for the russian military
There were 850 fighter jets in service with the UK RAF in 1989, now there are just over 100 according to published figures. Back when Harriers, Tornado’s and Hawks were still in service, they were a regular sight in the skies, but you almost never see or hear any fighter jets now, and many of the airbases have closed.
How much soldiers are “training” abroad ? Interesting question … Then there are the other questions , who exactly are they training ? Fanatics only ? What are they trained for ? War or guerilla ? When will they go home , before or after any cease-fire deal ?
This foreign training thing … it don’t feel so good :|
Over in the UK, we do not have enough planes for the two, aircraft carriers. We certainly do not have enough military planes to secure our borders and defend the UK, territory and people. However, we are more than happy to give all we have and more, to Ukraine. Allegedly, if we needed to defend ourselves, we have around 5 hours worth of defence toys and systems. No problem.
So what have Russia found in the labs and what information is frightening Westminster? So, if we do give Ukraine our Air Forces, remind me, but, how will they fly the planes in Ukraine, when there are no runways and Russia is in full control of air defence? According to Ukraine Forces, life expectancy of a conscript is 4 hours, will a NATO military jet, flying in Ukraine, last that long?
They will fly from Romania or Poland and fire the missiles hundreds of miles from the target ( yes they’re getting missiles with 300km range to fire from the planes ). Then land again in Poland or Romania to re arm / refuel. That will keep them safe from most air defenses .
I šta je to bilo sa fabrikom dronova u Rigi, vjerovatno neko pušio na poslu Hahahah
Indoctus es stupri amentis. Redire ad comedere kebabs et stupri hircos.
likely former ukraine will capitulate next 6 months—amerikan already humiliated by failure to harm Russian economy. mood in Russia today—u-tube ARIA ft RITA DAKOTA—-“pozadi amerika”
The last yelps from the island monkeys on Pirate Rock, even as the colonial imports run riot over that impoverished, backward sewer. Yet the peasantry and the in-bred gone to seed “lords” of the dung pile imagine that someone still takes the Third World rock seriously. Even the Pentacon thugs laugh at the toothless and perfidious monkeys behind their backs as the collective angloZionaZi empire gets destroyed in fast disappearing rump Ukrapland.
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This is getting to be hilarious.
Gadgets cannot win this war for the UAF now, that’s all these military assets are, there’s no ability to coordinate anything against Russia at this point, this is organized and facilitated suicide.
Hi I’m Tom the trannie from little england and I say we need to bury ourselves in this Ukraine fiasco! Slava Cocaina. Lets go full retard