Sunak insists 'nothing is off the table' as Zelenskyy repeats call for British fighter jets
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the UK's Challenger 2 tanks would be in operation in Ukraine by "next month".Rishi Sunak has said "nothing is off the table" as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy re-iterated his call for the UK to provide them with British fighter jets.
It comes after Mr Zelenskyy thanked Britain for standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Ukraine following the provision of game-changing tanks to the war-torn country.'Wings for freedom': Zelenskyy thanks Britain for support as he asks for fighter jets in historic Parliamentary address A spokesman for the Prime Minister said it was a "long-term solution" and that "short-term capability" is what Kyiv needs most at the moment.
He previously said he planned to tell the King during their meeting: "In Britain, the King is an air force pilot and in Ukraine today every air force pilot is a king."After presenting the Speaker of the Commons with a Ukrainian pilot's helmet, he made the plea for planes again, saying the words on the side of the gear read: "We have freedom, give us wings to protect it."
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