Sunak is reluctant to send fighter jets to Ukraine but would support a consensual initiative

Proposes completing Ukraine's NATO membership at the July summit in Lithuania

MADRID, 18 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has explained this Saturday his doubts when it comes to sending combat planes to Ukraine due to the "complications" that this entails, although he has declared himself willing to support an initiative in this regard as long as several countries are OK.

"Everyone knows that there are complications when it comes to providing certain types of aircraft for all that this entails, but we have always made it clear that if other countries are able to provide aircraft immediately, the United Kingdom will be happy to support," he explained. during his appearance at the Munich Security Conference.

In it, Sunak has influenced the idea that Russia should pay for its "disgusting war crimes." "We must see justice through the International Criminal Court for its crimes, whether in Bucha, Irpin, Mariupol or beyond, and Russia must also be held accountable for the terrible destruction it has inflicted," he declared.

Sunak has bet in general lines to continue arming Ukraine and to support Kiev in war strategies considered by Russia as an intensification of the conflict, such as the launching of an offensive in Crimea, incorporated into Russia in 2014, according to his speech.

In the understanding of the prime minister, Sky News picks up on the other hand, this operation would be "a counterattack to expel Russia from Ukrainian territory and, therefore, completely reasonable."

In a subsequent colloquium, Sunak insisted on the need to incorporate Ukraine into NATO and expressed his wish that the talks end this summer. "We have to think about the future when it comes to protecting Ukraine and the NATO summit in Vilnius (Lithuania) is a good place to culminate the talks that we have started," he has made known in statements to Bloomberg.

"We must give them the NATO-standard advanced capabilities they need for the future. We must show that we will stand by them, willing and able to help them defend their country again and again. Ukraine needs and deserves assurances of that support. "He had explained earlier in his speech.