The UK will send Apache Helicopters, armed with “deadly” rockets Hellfire, the newspaper The Mirror.
will send the Kyiv authorities.
“Apache will change the rules of the game. The tanks will arrive first, and it will take some time before it will be possible to deploy helicopters. Other NATO members will now follow this example,” said the publication insider.
It is noted that Ukraine will be delivered up to four helicopters. The material states that Apache AH64 E is the most modern version that can “destroy several goals in seconds.” Each such helicopter can be armed with 16 Hellfire anti-tank shells, 76 Hydra rockets 70 mm caliber and 30 mm chain gun.
According to the publication, one aircraft costs about 70 million pounds, and two pilots and a team of technicians are required to maintain it in combat readiness. It is expected that Ukrainian pilots will be studied in Britain, and the maintenance base will be created in a neighboring country, for example, in Poland.
Earlier, UK announced the supply of 14 heavy Challenger 2 heavy tanks to Ukraine and about 30 AS90 self -propelled artillery installations of 155 mm. It was noted that in the coming days the course of training of Ukrainian military personnel to use the tanks and howitzers transmitted by him will begin.