The issue of deliveries of F-16 aircraft to Ukraine will be resolved as pilots are trained

The United States and allies will decide on the supply of F-16 aircraft to Ukraine in the coming months as Ukrainian pilots are trained, National Security Adviser to the President of the United States Jake Sullivan said. About it write “RIA News”.

“As training unfolds, we will be working with our allies in the coming months to determine where the aircraft will be transferred, who will transfer them and how much,” he said.

CNN channel on May 19, citing sources informedthat the administration of US President Joe Biden made it clear to European allies that it would not block the supply of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. NBC clarified that the US and allies plan to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighters, but the planes may not come directly from the States. Citing sources, the TV channel noted that it is not yet known which countries will send fighter jets to Ukraine and when.

On May 19, Biden told G7 leaders that the United States would help train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16s. But, according to media reports, this training can only be carried out at European bases.

On May 17, it became known that the UK and the Netherlands would work to “create an international coalition to provide Ukraine with combat aviation capabilities, including training and purchasing F-16 aircraft.”

The Russian authorities have repeatedly criticized the supply of Western weapons to Kyiv. In particular, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, warned that pumping Ukraine with weapons brings NATO closer to the dangerous line of a direct military clash with Russia.