Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview CNNThat US President Joe Biden had told him about the possibility of soon starting training to fly F-16 fighter planes.
“We really need them (F-16 fighters. – socialbites.ca), and the president said that they can start training Ukrainian pilots. President Biden said that work on this issue will begin soon.”
Zelensky added that Kiev awaits the decision of the American side to transfer these fighters to Ukraine.
As previously reported, the President of Ukraine said that Kiev will not. apply Western weapons for strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation. He stressed that the Ukrainian side has repeatedly stated that it is not interested in Russian territory.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation to protect Donbass, in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.