The White House called the reason for the refusal to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighters

The United States sends large volumes of weapons to Ukraine, the transferred military equipment should play a big role for the Ukrainian army. Thus, the coordinator of strategic communications of the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, commented on the refusal of US President Joe Biden to supply F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv.

“I can tell you that large volumes of weapons are being delivered now and will be delivered in the coming weeks and months. These are the types of weapons that we know will be critical for Ukrainian troops in the current winter battles, as well as in the fighting that we expect them to fight in the spring, ”he said (quote by CNN).

According to Kirby, the decision to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine was not taken too late. It is expected that these weapons will be useful to the Ukrainian army in the spring, when the weather improves and the Russian military goes on the offensive, he added.

Earlier, Biden said that Washington was not going to supply F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv. According to a Politico source, U.S. officials told Kyiv officials that sending fighter jets “is not possible at the moment.” Berlin took a similar position. Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron declaredwhich does not exclude the possibility of deliveries of aircraft to Ukraine.

The question of the supply of fighters was raised last week after the US and Germany decided to transfer tanks to Ukraine. According to the adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Mykhailo Podolyak, now Ukraine leads negotiations with Western countries regarding the transfer of aviation and long-range missiles to the country. According to Politico, NATO countries are actively discussing the possibility of deliveries, among the ardent supporters of the idea of ​​sending fighters to Ukraine, the Baltic countries are mentioned.