US President Biden on Sunday announced new military aid worth $375 million to Ukraine, saying the United States would provide munitions and armored vehicles. The promise came after the United States agreed to allow training on American-made F-16 fighter jets, laying the groundwork for their eventual transfer to Ukraine.
At a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan, where leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations wrapped up a three-day summit, Biden said he had received “flat assurance” from Ukraine’s president. Volodymyr Zelensky that he would not use the F-16 fighter jets provided by the West to get into Russian territory. Biden said the F-16 fighter jets could be used “anywhere Russian troops are in Ukraine and the region.” He also added that it was “highly unlikely” that the planes would be used in a Ukrainian offensive in the coming weeks, but that Ukrainian troops might need such weapons to defend against Russian forces beyond their reach. current scope.
Biden has defended his resistance until recent days to supplying F-16 jets to Ukraine, arguing that the powerful fighter jets would have made no difference in preventing Russian forces from taking Bakhmut, the hotly contested city of eastern Ukraine which could be on the verge of collapse. “The F-16s wouldn’t have helped in that regard at all,” he said. “It was useless. For example, let’s take this Bakhmut. It wouldn’t have any additional consequences.”
Biden vowed that the major powers would stand united behind Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression, saying the Russian President, vladimir . Cheese fries, “will not break our resolve as he thought he would.” “We have Ukraine’s back and we’re not going anywhere,” Biden said.
At a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan, where leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations wrapped up a three-day summit, Biden said he had received “flat assurance” from Ukraine’s president. Volodymyr Zelensky that he would not use the F-16 fighter jets provided by the West to get into Russian territory. Biden said the F-16 fighter jets could be used “anywhere Russian troops are in Ukraine and the region.” He also added that it was “highly unlikely” that the planes would be used in a Ukrainian offensive in the coming weeks, but that Ukrainian troops might need such weapons to defend against Russian forces beyond their reach. current scope.
Biden has defended his resistance until recent days to supplying F-16 jets to Ukraine, arguing that the powerful fighter jets would have made no difference in preventing Russian forces from taking Bakhmut, the hotly contested city of eastern Ukraine which could be on the verge of collapse. “The F-16s wouldn’t have helped in that regard at all,” he said. “It was useless. For example, let’s take this Bakhmut. It wouldn’t have any additional consequences.”
Biden vowed that the major powers would stand united behind Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression, saying the Russian President, vladimir . Cheese fries, “will not break our resolve as he thought he would.” “We have Ukraine’s back and we’re not going anywhere,” Biden said.
