Biden shows his refusal to offer combat planes to Ukraine

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31 Jan. () –

The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has shown this Monday his refusal to provide combat aircraft to Ukraine, all this days after the Ukrainian authorities requested fighters due to the German unblocking of the shipment of tanks.

Asked about the possibility of the United States supplying Ukraine with American-made F-16s, the White House occupant flatly refused: “No.”

The US president’s remarks come after Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksei Reznikov acknowledged that Western fighter jets are the next item on his “wish list” once Germany has unlocked the supply of main battle tanks. Leopard.

Likewise, the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andriy Yermak, assured this Monday that he had “positive signs” about the possible supply of combat aircraft by the Polish authorities.

“The work to obtain F16 fighters continues. We have positive signals from Poland, which is ready to transmit them in coordination with the Atlantic Alliance,” Yermak said on his Telegram channel.

After weeks of insistence, Ukraine finally managed last week to get Germany to unblock the shipment of Leopard tanks by third countries and for Berlin to commit to supplying the tanks as well.

Following this, the Ukrainian authorities have now set their claims on combat aircraft, “a great company” for tanks and with which to convert “Russian enemies” into “fertilizers”.