As for Ukraine not receiving any planes, I can actually shrug that one off by saying "being able to shoot down planes is more important here than Ukraine being able to fly her own. Russia's invasion force doesn't really present many targets for a fighter jet." Perhaps Ukraine should schmooze up to Israel a little and see about a few Iron Dome batteries? They're kind of the final word in short-range missile defense and they've got a pretty good record against aircraft as well.
The rest though? Yeah, the rest is a disgrace. I'm ashamed of how little my country (and all of NATO) is actually doing.
Iron Dome is really cool. Hewever Israel don't have a war on tgeir territory.
I can be wrong, as Im not a.military person. But here I disagree. Military jets are an opportunity to hit long-range targets and many.
They are, but in the current theatre of war, Russia isn't presenting any that could be easily hit by a jet but not by something else. What Ukraine needs more than jets is more ability to shoot them down (anything with the words anti-aircraft in its name). Jets would have been great to have BEFORE the invasion, when there were still a large number of airfields from which to launch them.
My military knowledge is about a decade out of date, but that's the way it looks to me.
You are definitely better informed than I am. In any case, I trust our military, which negotiates and asks for weapons. All I have left is hope.