Secretary of State Antony Blinken about Ukraine, which repeated calls from Washington for Russia to withdraw. He said Shoukry conveyed a message from U.S. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz appeared to balk at providing fighter jets, suggesting Sunday the reason for the discussion might be “domestic political motives” in some countries.ĭutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Monday there are “no taboos” in efforts to help Ukraine but added that jets “would be a very big next step.”Īsked Tuesday about Western weapons supplies to Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov repeated the Kremlin’s view that “NATO long has been directly involved into a hybrid war against Russia.”įollowing talks in Moscow with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, he said the Russian military will “take all the necessary measures to derail the fulfillment of Western plans.” The second stage is, ‘Let’s talk and study technical possibilities.’ The third stage is, ‘Let’s get your personnel trained.’ And the fourth stage is the transfer (of equipment).” “Which only means ‘no’ at today’s given moment. “All types of help first passed through the ‘no’ stage,” he said. On Tuesday, Reznikov was asked if Biden’s ‘’no” to F-16s was the final word.
government, among Kyiv’s staunchest supporters and military suppliers, said sending its fighter jets is “not practical.” Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesman, Max Blain, said Tuesday that “the U.K.’s Typhoon and F-35 fighter jets are extremely sophisticated and take months to learn how to fly,” although he didn’t say London was opposed to other nations sending planes.Īsked Monday if his administration was considering sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, U.S. Several Western leaders have expressed concern that providing warplanes could escalate the conflict and draw them in deeper.
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