Ukraine Monday continued its push for allies to supply Ukrainian forces with fighter jets despite the latest U.S. assessment that providing its F-16 fighters would not be appropriate at this time.
“Every discussion about supplying Ukraine with a new, crucial kind of weapon started with a ‘no’ and ended with a ‘yes,’” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted. “In the last year, we have unlocked political decisions on six of the seven types of game-changer weapons. The only one left is combat aircraft.”
Kuleba alluded to earlier reluctance to send Ukraine tanks and other military aid that its partners ultimately decided to provide.
U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday in an interview with ABC News that on the question of providing F-16s to Ukraine he was “ruling it out for now.”
Every discussion about supplying Ukraine with a new, crucial kind of weapon started with a “no” and ended with a “yes”. In the last year, we have unlocked political decisions on six of the seven types of game-changer weapons. The only one left is combat aircraft. @United24media pic.twitter.com/3b6ec6RCUy
– Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) February 27, 2023
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday that U.S. military commanders believe what Ukraine needs now are “tanks, and armored personnel carriers, and infantry fighting vehicles, artillery, and air defense systems up there on the front line.”
“This phase is about ground combat and being able to have the tools in the hands of the Ukrainians to take the territory back that the Russians are occupying,” Sullivan said.
He also said allies are providing Ukraine with spare parts for the Soviet-era MiG-29 and SU-27 fighters that Ukrainian pilots use every day.
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February 27, 2023, 4:57 AM
UPDATE February 27, 2023, 1:38 PM
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