President Zelensky has increased calls for his European allies to send jets to his forces. And recently, Rishi Sunak announced “nothing is off the table” in terms of Ukraine’s assistance to Ukraine.
But the MP for Rutland and Melton said there is “no way” Britain can give the modern jets, such as the F-35, or even its “very old” jets because of how tricky it will be for Ukraine to integrate the new hardware.
She said it could take years before Ukrainian pilots can effectively use F-35 jets. She emphasised how even training British troops to use new Apache helicopters, which are “nowhere near as complicated” as F-35s, takes years.
Ms Kearns added: “So, ignore F-35s, they are too complicated, too costly and we haven’t got enough of them. There’s just no way that they can be given.”
She also warned it could take months to train Ukraine to use older Typhoons, time which the West doesn’t have.
Ms Kearns said: “If we were to give a jet… We have got Typhoons. Typhoons are very old, but we could give them.
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