The United States does not plan to deliver F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

An American-made F-16 fighter plane, which the Ukrainian authorities demand from Washington (illustrative image) AP - Vadim Ghirda

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US President Joe Biden on Monday categorically refused the idea of ​​sending US F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.

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,” said the American president when a journalist asked him at the White House about the possibility of providing the devices demanded by the Ukrainian leaders.

Westerners have just taken a step forward in military aid to Ukraine, after Germany and the United States announced the sending of tanks.

President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling for even greater assistance, including the delivery of long-range missiles and combat aircraft.

Berlin has already categorically rejected this idea, while French President Emmanuel Macron cautiously considered that "

", while ensuring that the Ukrainians had not made any request to him so far in this meaning.

As February 24 approaches, which will mark one year since the invasion of Ukraine, Joe Biden did not want to say if he would travel to Europe on this occasion.

But he assured that he would go, without specifying a date, to Poland, a country which plays a key role in the response to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

"

," he told reporters, returning to Washington after a short trip to the city of Baltimore.

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