Mykhailo Podolyak: Kyiv now needs at least 60 Western fighter jets to cover frontline

Kyiv now needs at least 60 Western fighter jets to cover a frontline that was extended by another 70 kilometers from the 1,200 kilometers before the Kharkiv incursion, Ukrainian Presidential Adviser Mykhailo Podolyak told Bloomberg, Report informs.

Taking into account the length of the contact line and intensity of fighting 100-120 such planes would be “optimal,” Podolyak said.

Ukrainian pilots are in the final stages of training in jets, the presidential aide said, adding that if Kyiv gets everything it seeks, the military will regain the initiative as it did in late 2022, when it forced Russian troops out of occupied territory in Kharkiv and the southern region of Kherson.