UK trained 200 Ukrainian military pilots, defense official says
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October 23, 2:28
Ukrainian pilots have been training in the UK since September 2023
LONDON, October 23. /TASS/. Two hundred Ukrainian military pilots have already been trained in the UK, Luke Pollard, parliamentary under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Defense, wrote on his page on X.
"Did you know the UK has now trained 200 Ukrainian pilots? Today I attended the graduation of the latest pilots from the RAF’s training programme. These pilots will soon be flying Ukrainian F-16s. Britain will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes," he said.
Ukrainian pilots have been training in the UK since September 2023.