“If we get them (Western fighter jets), the advantages on the battlefield will be enormous… It’s not just F-16s (US multirole fighter jets): fourth-generation aircraft, that’s what we want.”
Western military support has been vital to Kyiv and grew rapidly during the war. Prior to the invasion, the idea of providing lethal aid to Ukraine was also highly controversial, but has since been followed by taboo after Western supply taboo.
“They didn’t want to give us heavy artillery, then they did. They didn’t want to give us the HIMERS system, then they did. They didn’t want to give us tanks, now they’re giving us tanks. Apart from nuclear weapons, so There’s nothing left that we won’t get,” Saak said.
Ukraine, which Russia invaded last February, has also said it is seeking long-range missiles from the West.
Moscow reacted furiously on Wednesday after Germany approved the delivery of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, the workhorse of armies across Europe, in a decision sure to undercut Ukraine’s offensive power.