Media: Great Britain will transfer long-range weapons to Ukraine and begin to teach Ukrainian pilots on NATO-standard aircraft

According to media reports, the UK is preparing a new package of military aid for Ukraine.

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said a correspondent for internationalrelations The Wall Street Journal Yaroslav Trofimov. The UK will begin training Ukrainian pilots to use NATO-standard fighter jets. It is not yet known which aircraft we are talking about. One can only assume that it will be a Eurofighter Typhoon. In total, the Royal Air Force of Great Britain has 160 such aircraft.

As Zelensky heads to the UK for the first timesince the Russian invasion, PM Sunak says UK will start training Ukrainian pilots on NATO-standard fighter jets and will provide other, unspecified, “longer-range capabilities.”

— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) February 8, 2023

In addition, Great Britain will transfer to the Armed ForcesLong-range weapons for Ukrainian forces. Most likely, we are talking about Storm Shadow (SCALP) missiles. British Defense Minister Ben Wallace previously spoke about them. It is a Franco-British air-to-ground cruise missile. It is capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 600 km.

A new package of military assistance will be announced today, February 8, during the visit of President Vladimir Zelensky to the UK.

Source: @yarotrof