“I have the unequivocal assurance from Zelenskyy that they will not use the fighters to target Russian territory, but they will use them to target Russian forces inside Ukraine and the region,” he said. Biden told reporters on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Japan.
Kyiv has long asked the West to provide F-16 jets to repel Russian attacks on Ukraine.
And on Sunday, Biden announced a new US arms package for Kiev, coinciding with his meeting with Zelenskyy in Hiroshima.
He said the package would include “ammunition, artillery and armored vehicles”, days after giving the allies the go-ahead to deliver advanced F-16 fighters to Ukraine.
And Biden confirmed Sunday, after talks with Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the Hiroshima summit, that Russia “will not break” the resolve of Ukraine’s allies.
And the US president said he had assured his Ukrainian counterpart that support from Washington and other countries backing Kiev “will not waver. (Russian President Vladimir) Putin will not break our resolve, as I believe.”
And Ukraine’s acquisition of modern fighters and their use has posed a challenge for the Group of Seven, which has gradually ramped up support for Kiev in the 15-month war but fears going too far by provoking Moscow. .
Russia’s ‘Tass’ news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko on Saturday as saying that Western countries would face ‘serious risks’ if they supplied Ukraine with ‘F-16’ jets. .
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