![]() ![]() ![]() We will continue fighting for our land, whatever the cost.” He echoed World War II leader Winston Churchill’s famous “never surrender” speech, vowing that Ukrainians “will fight till the end at sea, in the air. Parliament remotel y in March, two weeks after the start of the invasion. Zelenskyy was greeted with applause, cheers and cries of “Slava Ukraini” - “Glory to Ukraine” - as he arrived in Parliament, where his cause has wide support from both the Conservative government and opposition parties. “The king is an air force pilot,” Zekenskyy said, and “in Ukraine today, every air force pilot is a king.” In his Parliament speech, Zelenskyy noted that Charles was a qualified military pilot. The king told the president that “we’ve all been worried about you and thinking about your country for so long.” Zelenskyy also went to Buckingham Palace, where he met with King Charles III, who greeted him with a broad smile and a warm handshake before they held a meeting over tea. Macron has said France hasn’t ruled out sending fighter jets but set conditions before such a step is taken, including not leading to an escalation of tensions or using the aircraft “to touch Russian soil,” and not resulting in weakening “the capacities of the French army.” The success of its air force in continuing to defend its skies and territory fly despite Russia’s much bigger numbers helped push back Moscow’s initial assault. ![]() Ukraine has sought fighter jets from its allies since early in the war to bolster its force of Soviet-made MiG-29 and Su fighters. “We think it is right to provide both short-term equipment … that can help win the war now, but also look to the medium to long term to make sure Ukraine has every possible capacity it requires,” he said. Sunak spokesman Max Blain said the government was exploring “what jets we may be able to give” over the coming years, but had not made a decision on whether to send its F-35 or Typhoons. But in a shift, the government said Wednesday it was “actively looking” at whether Ukraine could be sent Western jets, and was “in discussion with our allies” about it.īritain announced it would train Ukrainian pilots in Britain on “NATO-standard fighter jets” within weeks. has repeatedly said it’s not practical to provide the Ukrainian military with British warplanes. The president is trying to soften allies’ reluctance to send advanced fighter jets, both because they are complex to fly and for fear of escalating the war. In a pointed and dramatic gesture, Zelenskyy presented the speaker of the House of Commons with a Ukrainian air force helmet, inscribed by a Ukrainian pilot: “We have freedom. Zelenskyy, wearing his trademark olive drab sweatshirt, urged allies to send his country jets, saying combat aircraft would be “wings for freedom.” Hundreds of lawmakers and parliamentary staff packed the 900-year-old Westminster Hall, the oldest - and, on a cold winter day, unheated - part of Parliament for Zelenskyy’s speech. is sending as part of the hundreds that Kyiv says it needs. ![]() French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said he would host Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Paris later in the day, and expectations were growing that he might meet European Union leaders in Brussels on Thursday.īefore that, Sunak and Zelenskyy flew by helicopter to a British army base in southwest England to meet Ukrainian troops being trained on the Challenger 2 tanks that the U.K. It was only Zelenskyy’s second foreign trip since Russia invaded on Feb, 24, 2022, after a December visit to Washington. ![]()
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