Kiev Says US Supply Of F-16 Fighter Jets To Ukraine Matter Of Time - UrduPoint

F-16 fighter jets "will definitely come" to Ukraine and it is "only a matter of time" when the United States will send them to country, Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council, said on Tuesday.

Kiev has long been asking Washington and other NATO nations for F-16 fighter jets to bolster its forces amid Russia's special military operation. The Politico newspaper reported in January, citing sources, that a group of US military officials was quietly lobbying for the delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Kiev and that it was gathering momentum in the US Defense Department amid Ukraine's preparations for a planned offensive this spring.

"It's only a matter of time before we get F-16s.

They will definitely come. Unfortunately, in the meantime we're losing our people while fighting for our independence," Danilov was quoted by CNN as saying