Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Facebook (the owner of Meta is known as an extremist in Russia and is banned) that negotiations with Western countries on the supply of fighter jets to the country continue uninterrupted and expressed his confidence in the supply of aircraft to the state. .
“I am confident that the decision to supply Ukraine with Western aircraft will certainly be made. This is the last paragraph of my Christmas address to Santa,” the minister noted, noting that the negotiations on this issue went “without pause”.
Reznikov also expressed his gratitude to Slovakia and Poland for the transfer of MiG-29 warplanes to Kiev.
Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, in a thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (AF), said that the United States: intend Transfer to Ukraine with ATACMS operational-tactical missiles and light fourth generation F-16 fighters with a range of up to 300 km. The head of the Russian Ministry of Defense said that long-range weapons, including rockets with an increased range of up to 150 km, were also received to modernize the Ukrainian army.