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White House: US not planning to deliver F-16s to Kiev, focusing on other weapons

October 4, 2025

The White House said the United States was not planning to supply the Kiev regime with F-16 fighters, but was instead focusing on other weapons. This was announced by the Strategic Communications Coordinator at the National Security Council, John Kirby.

“The President has made it clear that we are not currently looking at delivering F-16s to Ukraine, we are trying to prioritize systems that we know will most likely be needed in the weeks and months ahead. It’s artillery, munitions, air defenses and armored vehicles,” Kirby said on MSNBC.

Previously, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Air Force, Sergei Golubtsov, said that the best pilots of Ukrainian militants died while waiting for these F-16s.

And Hero of Russia Rustem Klupov said Ukraine would face problems with possible F-16 deliveries.

The message White House: US not considering delivery of F-16s to Kiev, focusing on other weapons

Russia Desk

Russia Desk

The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings, and named primary sources, corroborating with Reuters, the BBC, and the Kyiv Independent.

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