ASV refusal to consider deliveries of F-16 fighter jets for Ukrainehow recently US President Joe Biden announcedprobably should not be taken as a categorical “no”, referring to sources in the Pentagon, writes the American media “Politico”.
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Washington could still return to this issue, but at the moment it prefers to focus on supplying Ukraine with offensive weapons, the media explains.
It is widely believed that new fighter jets will not play a major role in the battles expected in the spring. In addition, there is no more time for training Ukrainian pilots.
However, “Politico” writes, the US is not ruling out the possibility of giving permission to other countries to supply Kyiv with F-16s.
Poland, the Netherlands and France have previously expressed readiness to consider the transfer of F-16s to Ukraine.
In January, the United States, Germany and Great Britain announced that will deliver its tanks to Ukraine. Analysts say that the next step in the armament hierarchy would be deliveries of Western fighters. Ukraine has also expressed hope for them.
of Russia the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in the early morning of February 24, with rocket fire, airstrikes and the arrival of ground forces. As one of the targets of the invasion Russia originally mentioned Ukrainian “denazification”.
The occupiers in Ukraine have suffered heavy losses and are accused of deliberate killing of civilians, as well as other war crimes. The atrocities of the occupiers began to come to light en masse after the Ukrainians drove them out of the Kyiv suburbs, such as Bucha.
of Russia treatment of Ukrainians, including killing and setting up infiltration camps, characterized by this “fascism manifesto”published by the Kremlin’s propaganda news agency “RIA Novosti”.
In general, the war in Ukraine has been going on since 2014, when Russia occupied the Crimean peninsula and started a war in eastern Ukraine.
