Ukraine: Military Aircraft
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of sending British (a) Typhoons, (b) F-35s and (c) other military aircraft to Ukraine as part of any (i) peacekeeping and (ii) reassurance force.
Answered by Luke Pollard
Following last week’s first operational planning meeting held at the UK’s Permanent Joint Operations Headquarters in Northwood, senior military personnel will continue to meet throughout this week to develop plans. The military planning meetings have focused on – how we keep the skies, the seas and the border safe, looking across the full range of European military capabilities including aircraft, troops, intelligence and logistics.
The specifics of these plans are subject to further discussions, and we will not comment on operational details at this stage.
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