Boris Johnson Urges UK to Become First Country to Supply Ukraine with Fighter Jets

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• Boris Johnson has urged the UK to become the first country to supply Ukraine with fighter jets.
• The Treasury has signalled there is no new money for defence.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Western powers to supply his country with fighter jets.
• Mr Johnson believes Ukraine can recapture territory from Russia if it has fighter jets.
• The British army would run out of ammunition within a few days if called upon to fight.

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Boris Johnson Urges UK to Supply Ukraine with Fighter Jets

The Prime Minister has urged the UK to become the first country to supply Ukraine with fighter jets, in order to break the ice and prevent China from making an “historic mistake” by supplying Russia with weapons.

The Prime Minister expressed concern over China’s top diplomat meeting President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, and encouraged the government to supply some of the UK military’s Typhoon jets to Ukraine.

The Treasury has signalled there is no new money for defence, but Rishi Sunak is to urge world leaders to ‘move faster’ to arm Ukraine as he leads a minute’s silence on the war anniversary.

Ukrainian President Urges Western Powers to Supply Fighter Jets

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Western powers to supply his country with fighter jets to support their war effort.

Mr Johnson believes Ukraine can recapture territory from Russia if it has fighter jets to take out their artillery positions and command and control centres.

Mr Johnson questioned Mr Putin’s reasons for launching his invasion, saying it was done to bolster his flagging position at home and to try to reconstitute the old Soviet empire.

British Army Would Run Out of Ammunition

The British army would run out of ammunition within a few days if called upon to fight and would take up to 10 years to field a modern warfighting division of some 25,000 to 30,000 troops.