“I would only say that the US Department of Defense is studying, on a preliminary basis, the feasibility of a potential transfer of fighter jets to Ukrainians,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Pentagon officials "will not be able to implement this immediately or even in the short term," Kirby said.

“We are not considering sending fighter jets to Ukraine in the near future,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Earlier, US Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles Brown did not rule out that the West would supply fighter jets to Ukraine.