Ukraine really needs fighter jets. However, international partners are in no hurry to transfer them. Meanwhile, the White House said that each state should make a sovereign decision on combat aircraft.
This was noted at a briefing on February 10 by White House National Security Council coordinator John Kirby,informs Channel 24.
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these are all sovereign solutions. And if a NATO country, or even a non-NATO country, wants to provide Ukraine with capabilities like fighter jets, that is definitely their decision,” Kirby stressed.
He also added that in order to introduce a system in the army, with which the military has not yet had experience, it is necessary to conduct some training. Kirby noted that the United States in Fort Sill is training Ukrainian soldiers to use the Patriot.
Will Ukraine get fighter jets: latest news
- During Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the UK, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that his state is beginning to train our pilots.
- Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stated at the summit of EU leaders in Brussels that his state is ready to provide Ukraine with fighter jets, but not one of the first.
- Ukraine officially applied to the Netherlands for F-16 fighter jets. Earlier, Foreign Minister Wopke Gukstra said that the Cabinet of Ministers would consider the possibility of supplying F-16 fighters if Kiev asks for it.
- Slovakia promises to provide Ukraine with MiG-29 fighters.
- The manufacturing company of American F-16 fighters declared its readiness to supply aircraft to European countries, which will re-export theirs in Ukraine
