US will not send F-16 fighters to Ukraine – Biden
US President Joe Biden has stated that his country is not planning to send F-16 fighters to Ukraine.
Source: Ostap Yarysh, a journalist with Holos Ameryky, the Ukrainian service of Voice of America, as reported by European Pravda
"When our journalist Yulia Yarmolenko asked Joe Biden whether the US would provide Ukraine with F-16 fighters, he replied ‘no’," Yarysh tweeted.
‼ VOA Ukrainian asked Biden whether the US will provide F-16s to Ukraine, @POTUS said "No".
— Ostap Yarysh (@OstapYarysh) January 30, 2023
Sky News also reported that Biden has ruled out supplying Ukraine with the fighters.
The AFP news agency also reported this on Twitter.
Yarysh later added that Biden was asked this question as he was stepping out of a helicopter and had approached reporters only briefly. The president did not go into any details.
"Earlier, the White House stated that it did not rule out supplying Ukraine with any type of weaponry, including F-16 fighters. We will try to ask [the government] for an explanation," Yarysh said.
Background: French President Emmanuel Macron has not ruled out the possibility of France supplying Ukraine with fighters, stating that "nothing is prohibited".
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