Germany may reverse stance, approve fighter jet deliveries to Ukraine soon — Pistorius
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Defense Minister Boris Pistorius was speaking in an interview with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, which was published on June 5.
"We are in a phase of rethinking right now and checking what is possible and what we want and can do," Pistorius said. “And I think we will decide within the next two weeks.”
He said Berlin has to rethink its policy of recent decades.
"German society and German politicians have really changed their minds," Pistorius added.
“If someone had told me two years ago that Germany would supply three to five billion euros worth of heavy weapons, I would not have believed it.”
But in a blow to Ukraine, the minister also rejected the possibility of transferring Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine in the near future.
As recently as May 17, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he did not intend to participate in the "fighter jet coalition" for Ukraine.
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However, on May 19, U.S. President Joe Biden said he supported an international “fighter jet coalition” for Ukraine. Then UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Denmark would participate in training Ukrainian pilots on Western fighter jets.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on June 5 that the Ukrainian Armed Forces would not use F-16 fighter jets during their counter-offensive this summer.
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