NATO said that Ukraine will not receive fighter jets until the counteroffensive is completed
The head of the NATO Military Committee, Rob Bauer, said that Ukraine will not receive Western fighter jets until the counteroffensive is completed.
He told LBC.
According to Bauer, the issue of fighter jets “will not be resolved in the short term.”
– The training of pilots, the training of technical personnel, the provision of logistics that will be able to support these aircraft will not be available before the start of this counteroffensive, – said the NATO representative.
He noted that it is “important and understandable” that Ukraine is asking for Western fighter jets, but “we should not mix this with the discussion of a counteroffensive now.”
Asked if he thought Ukraine could win a war without fighter jets, Bauer said: “I think Ukraine has an advantage because it has Western weapons systems, better training and, very importantly, much higher morale and motivation”.
Earlier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba said that the training of F-16 pilots has not started yet , Ukraine is trying to speed up the process.
Source: LBC
