Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) does not consider fighter jets from German stocks to be suitable for use in Ukraine. German Tornados and Eurofighters have completely different capabilities “than those that are now needed in the combat situation we have in Ukraine now,” Pistorius said at the Ukraine Contact Group meeting. Germany also needs the Tornado fighter jets for so-called nuclear sharing – i.e. the transport of US nuclear bombs in the event of a crisis.
Kiev has long been demanding the delivery of modern fighter jets. NATO partners Poland and Slovakia have delivered Soviet-designed Mig-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. They were previously used in Ukraine, so pilots there did not need any special training for the machines. “Ukrainian pilots are helped above all by planes that they can fly quickly and that can be serviced locally, where the technology is known,” Pistorius said. “Every plane that is added now increases the challenges for pilot training or further education: You don’t even have to switch from one rental car to another.”
Source: Stern
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