US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a briefing that the supply of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine is a priority for the United States, which will begin implementing the program in the coming months. DEA News.
“This is a priority for us and we will start implementing it in the coming months.”
He cannot specify “when and how that will happen,” or which countries will be involved in the supply of F-16s and the training of Ukrainian pilots, according to Miller.
Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall declarationThe upcoming transfer of F-16 fighter-bombers to Kiev by Western countries will not be able to radically turn the course of hostilities in favor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to him, these planes can help the Ukrainians, but this “does not fundamentally change this equation.”