Ukrainian President Zelensky made a surprise visit to London on the 8th to meet with British Prime Minister Sunak. According to the British Sky News Network on the 9th, Sunak made a clear statement on Ukraine's request for fighter planes that day, saying "nothing is impossible". The media questioned, "Does Britain really have the ability?" The report also quoted the Royal Air Force sources as saying that the idea of Britain providing fighter planes to Ukraine was "nonsense", Sunak's commitment to training Ukrainian pilots is also "unbelievable". Sky News said that Ukraine is in urgent need of multi-purpose fighter planes at present, and the "Gale" GR4 fighter plane meets this demand. Unfortunately, these fighter planes were retired four years ago to save money. In addition, the "Typhoon" fighter is also not suitable, partly because it is difficult to maintain, and partly because it is too old. It is a good training aircraft, but it is not useful in the front line. In this way, the only remaining is the next generation F-35 fighter, but because of its confidential technology, high cost and maintenance complexity, it is impossible to provide it to Ukraine. Therefore, Sky News quoted a source from the Royal Air Force as saying that the idea that Britain could provide fighter planes to Ukraine was "nonsense". As for the commitment of Sunak to train Ukrainian pilots, it is reported that the RAF's own pilot training has experienced a "crisis" due to insufficient classroom capacity, a shortage of coaches, and some seats occupied by the air forces of other countries such as Qatar. Sky News quoted the leaked documents it saw in August 2022 as saying that although there were 43 seats, only 11 British trainee pilots were included in the training plan to learn how to fly the F-35 fighter or "Typhoon" fighter. Sky News said that the Royal Air Force sources said it was "unbelievable", "unbelievable. We have clearly known that we cannot train our pilots. The recruits waiting for the training course are shocked". On February 8 local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky made a surprise visit to London to exchange views with British Prime Minister Sunak on the situation in Russia and Ukraine. He was also invited to meet with King Charles III of Britain and deliver a speech to the British Parliament, calling on the British community to continue to provide support to Ukraine. British Sky News said that this was the first time Zelensky visited Britain since the outbreak of the Russian-Uzbekistan conflict. According to CCTV News, a spokesman for the British government said on the same day that the British government was considering providing British jet fighters to Ukraine. The spokesman said that British Prime Minister Sunak had asked his country's defense minister to discuss what kind of fighter the UK might send, but no final decision had yet been made. The UK would first train Ukrainian pilots to fly these fighter planes. The spokesman said that the training began in the spring. (Outlook New Era)
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