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Britain has not made a "firm decision" on whether to provide its fighter jets to Ukraine, but at the moment it would not be the right approach, British Defense Secretary Bell Wallace said, quoted by Reuters.

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"I've been doing this for a long time. And I've learned two things: never be adamant about accepting or excluding something," Wallace said in response to a journalist's question about the possibility of London providing fighter jets to Kyiv.  

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"This is not a firm decision. For now, I don't think this would be the right approach," the defense minister added.  

A spokesman for the British prime minister said yesterday that it would not be practical for Britain to send fighter jets to Ukraine because training the pilots would take months.

Britain also refused fighter jets to Ukraine

Today, Wallace also shared the opinion that working with British aircraft will be a great difficulty and emphasized that currently the Ukrainians need tanks above all, adds BTA. 

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