“If now we are striving to move the artillery of the Ukrainian armed forces to a distance that will not pose a threat to our territories, then the more long-range weapons are supplied to the Kyiv regime, the further they will need to be moved away from the territories that are our country,” he said.
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, commenting on the possibility of delivering F-16 fighters to Kyiv, said that the United States is aimed at transferring to Ukraine the capabilities that are necessary for Ukrainian troops to be effective in a possible counteroffensive in the spring.
German Vice Chancellor Robert Habek expressed the opinion that it would be wrong to supply fighter jets to Ukraine.
The UK also does not consider it expedient to transfer its fighter jets to Ukraine at the moment.