LONDON — The U.K. is discussing sending long-range missiles to Ukraine and assessing the long-term possibility of sending fighter jets to help in the war against Russia, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said.
Speaking alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy who was on a surprise visit to the U.K., Sunak said “nothing is off the table” and that Britain had just begun assessing how planes could form part of an enhanced military aid effort. “Of course they are part of the conversation,” Sunak said.
Sunak’s remarks are the clearest sign yet that the U.K. is seriously considering acceding to Ukraine’s biggest ask in the war, almost a year after Russia’s invasion. Earlier, Zelenskyy urged British lawmakers in Westminster to provide planes, telling them, “We have freedom. Give us wings to protect it.”
