Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba in an interview published in a newspaper Bild am Sonntag asks his government Germany speed up the delivery of ammunition and start training pilots of the Ukrainian Air Force on Western-style fighters.

According to Mr. Kuleba, the lack of ammunition, especially artillery, is the “number one” problem in the efforts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to push back Russian troops that invaded Ukraine more than a year ago, on February 24, 2022.

In an interview with Sunday’s Bild, he notes that German arms manufacturers assured him at the Munich Security Conference last month that they were ready to make deliveries but were waiting for the government to sign contracts.

“Therefore, the problem is in the government,” the head of Ukrainian diplomacy believes.

Mr. Kuleba says he does not expect the Western planes to be handed over to his country immediately, as Kyiv has long requested. But, he adds, the training of Ukrainian pilots needs to start as early as possible so that they are ready as soon as a decision is made.

If Germany trains Ukrainian pilots, it will send “a clear signal of its political commitment,” he adds.

In addition, Kuleba assures that the Ukrainian army will continue to protect her. Bahamutcity ​​that became the center of hostilities in Donbass over the past six months. “If we leave Bahamut, what will change? Russia will occupy it and then continue to attack it. Hours Yarand every city after Bahamut will suffer the same fate.”

When asked how long Ukrainian forces can hold the city, he evades a specific answer.