It is an important turning point in Western support for kyiv and a decision described as“historical” By President Volodymyr Zelensky: Joe Biden is now ready to allow other countries to supply Ukraine with the fighter jets it craves, American-made F-16s.
On Friday May 19, the American president, who is taking part in the G7 summit in Japan, assured his interlocutors of his “support for a joint initiative to train Ukrainian pilots on fourth-generation combat aircraft, including F-16s”according to a senior White House official.
For Jean-Christophe Noël, associate researcher at the French Institute of International Relations and former fighter pilot, this plane could allow Ukraine “to attack the Russian fortress”.
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