Germany does not fulfil requirements for Ukraine jet alliance - def min

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Britain's Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace shake hands during a press conference as they meet in Berlin, Germany, May 17, 2023. REUTERS/Nadja Wohlleben

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany does not have the training capacity or military equipment to actively contribute to a British-Dutch initiative to supply Ukraine with fighter jets, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday.

"We cannot play an active role in such an alliance, in such a coalition, because we have neither the training capacities, the competencies or the planes," Pistorius said in Berlin after a meeting with his British counterpart in Berlin.