Will U.S. send Ukraine F-16 fighter jets? NATO ambassador says not ’right now’, ctvnews.ca

The United States’ ambassador to NATO says it is ”entirely” up to other countries to decide whether they want to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, but it’s not something the Americans have plans to do ”right now.”

Amid news that the U.S. will be supporting an international effort to train Ukrainian pilots on U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, the United States’ ambassador to NATO says the U.S. ”right now” has no plans to provide Ukraine with jets.

In an interview with CTV’s Question Period host Vassy Kapelos airing on Sunday, Julianne Smith said that while U.S. President Joe Biden has ”been pretty clear” that at the moment the U.S. is not in a position to send F-16s, ”each country can take its own sovereign decision on the assistance that it wants to provide.” Läs artikel