Helping to train Ukrainian fighter pilots with Western F-16 fighters does not make NATO a part of the conflict. According to Jens Stoltenberg The NATO secretary general said on Tuesday the move comes as the military alliance vows to speed up preparations for the start of training for Ukrainian pilots.
Stoltenberg stressed that Ukraine has the right to self-defence. “We help Ukraine to uphold that right,” he told reporters in Brussels. “Don’t make NATO or NATO alliances are part of the conflict.”
Earlier on Monday (May 22), the Russian envoys all said in one voice that The delivery of the F-16 to Ukraine raises questions about NATO’s role in the Moscow-Kiev conflict.
US President Joe Biden on Friday backed a program to train Ukrainian pilots for the F-16, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised Biden that the new version of the aircraft would This will not be used to attack crossing into Russian territory.
“It’s a significant step forward that seems to allow us to deliver fighter jets over time,” said Stoltenberg. Ready to define this movement as “It sends a very clear signal that we are there for the long haul. And Russia cannot wait for us to back out.”
At the same time, international partners for the procurement of fighter jets support Ukraine. A concrete time frame is being set. for the inauguration of the aforementioned training program “This time we will hurry up. After receiving the green light, the Dutch Defense Minister gave an interview to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of EU defense ministers in Brussels.
She said the training program is a collaborative effort between Belgium, Denmark, the United Kingdom. Netherlands and other nations and expects that there will be other countries join more
Germany says they are looking for ways. in support of international partners for the procurement of fighter jets to support Ukraine “We are looking at some options that we might theoretically have,” the German defense minister said. “But it doesn’t matter. Because we don’t have our own F-16 fighter jets and it doesn’t seem to be much help in training pilots.”
However, Polish Defense Minister “We are ready, the Polish side is ready to train F-16 fighter pilots, but the training That has not started yet,” he said after meeting EU defense ministers in Brussels.
Polish defense minister said He wants the training to be part of a wider EU program to prepare Ukrainian military personnel for combat against Russia.
The minister’s comments came after the EU’s foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell announced Claims that pilot training for F-16 fighters has begun in many countries. Including Poland.
Poland, Ukraine’s neighbor and one of Kiev’s ardent supporters. I’ve been told for many months that It trains Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighters while the country is a center for training the Ukrainian military and supplying weapons to Kiev.
(Source: Reuters/AFP)
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2023-05-23 22:50:00
