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lordderplythethird t1_jeacfyn wrote

Their pilots are already rated for single engine and twin engine jet aircraft. It's simply a matter of becoming rated for the new aircraft, known as "B Course". That's around only 6 months. Granted, more mission training usually occurs after that, but Ukrainian pilots could be qualified on the F-16 in 6 months or less.

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Suspicious_Painter31 t1_jeabtyb wrote

How a journalist is too dumb to not say, "NO!" Its a death wish to go into Russia right now for any reason. They are not good faith actors so it doesn't matter how legal you are being, if you can be used as a pawn in their game you will be used.

Screw WSJ for thinking this was a good idea. Shows how dumb they actually are.

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autotldr t1_jeab7up wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 69%. (I'm a bot)


> Lawmakers from the pro-Russia, far-right Freedom Party have walked out of the lower house of Austria's parliament during a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

> Zelenskyy addressed the chamber via video link on Thursday, thanking Austria for its humanitarian aid and help with projects such as clearing land mines.

> Lawmakers who walked out of the chamber left small placards on their desks featuring the party logo and either "Space for neutrality" or "Space for peace".


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MaleficentParfait863 OP t1_jeaalbp wrote

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The far-right politicians said they were protesting against the speech because it violated Austria’s principle of neutrality.

Lawmakers from the pro-Russia, far-right Freedom Party have walked out of the lower house of Austria’s parliament during a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Zelenskyy addressed the chamber via video link on Thursday, thanking Austria for its humanitarian aid and help with projects such as clearing land mines.

The far-right politicians said they were protesting against the speech because it violated Austria’s principle of neutrality.

Austria says its neutrality prevents it from military involvement in the conflict and, while it supports Ukraine politically, it cannot send the country weapons in its fight against the Russian invasion.

The Freedom Party (FPO), however, had warned days before that it would hold some form of protest against Zelenskyy’s address. Its lawmakers attended the start of the speech and then left.

“It is sad that the FPO is the only party in parliament that takes our ever-lasting neutrality seriously, thereby also standing up for peace,” FPO leader Herbert Kickl said in a statement on Tuesday.

Lawmakers who walked out of the chamber left small placards on their desks featuring the party logo and either “space for neutrality” or “space for peace”.

Of the five parties in parliament, the FPO has the third-largest number of seats in the lower house. It currently has a slight lead in opinion polls over the opposition Social Democrats and Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s conservatives, who govern in coalition with the left-wing Greens.

The current parliament runs until the autumn of next year.

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