He noted that more “realistic and it looks productive” for the UK to provide aircraft to Ukraine “in the long term” to ensure its security after the end of the war with Russia. At the same time Wallace did not completely rule out sending planes to Ukraine and said that air support and support for moving troops could be provided with long-range missiles and drones, he stressed. BBC .
“This is not a simple case of towing a plane to the border… The UK knows what Ukraine needs and is very happy to help in many ways, trying to make an impact… The same effects could be achieved, but potentially in a different way – and without the months it would of course take to transfer the fighters,” Wallace told the BBC.
He noted that the British Ministry of Defense focused on “alternative provision” of Ukraine’s air cover.
