The White House called it not surprising that Kyiv requested F-16 fighters

He said this during the briefing.

“There is nothing surprising in the fact that the Ukrainians requested the F-16 in particular, as well as fighters in general, this is not a new request on their part,” TASS quoted him as saying.

At the same time, he said that he had nothing to announce regarding additional weapons, "not to mention fighters."

Deputy Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said the United States does not rule out the possibility of supplying Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets.

Prior to this, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Kuleba said that the European Union is considering the issue of providing Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets.