LONDON: Volodymyr Zelenskyy set off across Europe with a long shopping list. Ukraine’s president will head home with much of what he wanted — though not the Western fighter jets he seeks to defend against Russian air attacks.
LONDON: Volodymyr Zelenskyy set off across Europe with a long shopping list. Ukraine's president will head home with much of what he wanted — though not the Western fighter jets he seeks to defend against Russian air attacks.
'We want to create a jet coalition and I am very positive about it,' Zelenskyy said Monday after meeting British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. But, he added: 'We have to work a little bit more on it.'Sunak said Britain wants to help Ukraine acquire jets, but 'it's not a straightforward thing.'The UK does not have any F-16s, but says it will give Ukrainian pilots basic training on Western-standard jets starting this summer.
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