Ukraine live briefing: No F-16s to Kyiv ‘for now,’ Biden says; Belarus president to visit China
President Biden ruled out sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine “for now,” saying the U.S. military deemed other military support more crucial at this stage.
Kyiv has ramped up pleas for fighter jets since the United States and European countries pledged to send heavy tanks, but as Ukraine’s allies rallied to mark one year of war, Biden told ABC News that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “doesn’t need F-16s now.”
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