Ambassador to UK says Ukrainian pilots are already training on Western aircraft

He shared the information on the United News national telethon on February 10.

"Not only aircraft is in question, but different platforms. I would not want to prepare Russia for what awaits them in the near future," Prystaiko said.

"Britain has already calculated what they can give us. This is how they work," he added.

The diplomat said that Ukrainian soldiers are already being trained to operate Western fighter jets and emphasized that the pilots are "preparing for specific systems that we will receive in the near future."

"When President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about the wings of freedom, everyone understood what kind of wings he meant," the ambassador summarized.

• On February 10, the Netherlands confirmed that Ukraine had requested the supply of F-16 fighter jets.

• On February 9, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that his country was ready to provide Ukraine with modern fighter jets, but that NATO member states possessing more of them should do so first.

• At the end of January, former Pentagon chief Mark Esper called on the US to provide Ukraine with fighter jets and long-range missiles as soon as possible.