After battle tanks, will Ukraine soon get fighter jets? President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has already communicated Kiev’s latest military wishes to NATO. In fact, some member countries of the alliance do not rule out an expansion of the air force. US President Joe Biden’s deputy national security adviser Jon Finer said Thursday: “We have not ruled out any specific weapon system.”
“We will discuss this very carefully,” Finer told MSNBC of requests from Ukraine. Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Melnyk had previously called for modern fighter jets to defend against Russian offensive warfare. The Allies should form a strong fighter jet coalition, with American F-16s and F-35s, Eurofighters and Tornados, French Rafales and Swedish Gripen jets.
According to media reports, France is also not ruling out the delivery of fighter jets to Kiev. “We have to look at requests on a case-by-case basis and leave all doors open,” said Thomas Gassilloud, president of the French National Assembly, in London on Thursday, according to British media reports. Gassilloud reportedly stated that the delivery of fighter jets must not endanger French and European security and that the Russian offensive war against Ukraine must not escalate.
Scholz excludes the delivery of fighter jets
According to media reports that agreed with the Dutch parliament, Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said last week that the subject was open and that there were no taboos. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ruled out a delivery of fighter jets on Wednesday following the promise of Leopard 2 main battle tanks on Wednesday.
Source: Krone
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