The British Empire staged a “surprise” visit to the United Kingdom today by their well-rehearsed puppet, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which included: a visit by the former standup comedian with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace; a speech before a joint session of Parliament in Westminster Hall; a meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at 10 Downing Street; a visit to Dorset army base; a joint press conference with Sunak; and more.
Zelenskyy played his assigned role, praising Britain, thanking former Prime Minister Boris Johnson in particular, and then demanding that the Kiev government be given advanced fighter jets—and not just training of pilots—with which to escalate the NATO provocations against Russia. “Freedom will win—we know Russia will lose,” he told the joint session of the U.K. Parliament. “We have freedom, give us wings to protect it.” He dramatically thanked “Boris” for all the help he has provided to Kiev. The Spectator reported that “hundreds of MPs and peers packed into Westminster Hall to hear Zelenskyy speak to rapturous applause.”
It was then Boris Johnson’s turn to read his lines: “It is time to give the Ukrainians the extra equipment they need to defeat Putin and to restore peace to Ukraine. That means longer range missiles and artillery. It means more tanks. It means planes. We have more than 100 Typhoon jets. We have more than 100 Challenger 2 tanks. The best single use for any of these items is to deploy them now for the protection of the Ukrainians—not least because that is how we guarantee our own long-term security.”
At the joint press conference with Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Sunak was asked if the U.K. would indeed be sending fighter jets. “Nothing is off the table” and jets remain “part of the conversation,” he replied. He noted that the U.K.’s Typhoon jets are “very sophisticated pieces of kit” and it could take “three years” to train a pilot to fly one—but the British press reports that Ukrainian pilots have already been training for two and a half years. Sunak’s spokesperson promised that Defense Secretary Ben Wallace was “actively” looking into the possibility of sending the planes, noting that the government has not yet made a decision—but wants to start the fighter training for Ukrainian pilots as soon as possible.
Already about 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers have traveled to the U.K. for military training, and dozens more arrived a few days ago to learn how to operate Challenger 2 tanks. The Prime Minister said the Challenger tanks will be on the battlefield in a matter of weeks.
Russia’s embassy in London took due note of the dramatic escalation involved in Zelenskyy’s visit and the British response, warning the U.K. government to not send fighter jets to Ukraine, as this would have “military and political consequences for the European continent and the entire world.”
Zelenskyy next heads to Paris to meet French President Macron and German Chancellor Scholz, and then he will go to Brussels for a meeting of the EU, where he will press for Ukraine’s entry into that body. And more weapons.
