“The delivery of combat aircraft is just a matter of time,” he said in an interview with Spiegel magazine.

Karins called for an increase in the pace of production of military equipment, as well as the deployment of a larger military contingent in the Baltics.

Earlier, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that Washington is currently focused on the transfer of tanks and combat vehicles to Ukraine, the supply of aircraft is not a matter of today.

In turn, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said that London would not supply Kyiv with Eurofighter Typhoon fighters in the near future.