Czech Foreign Minister Lipavsky: possible deliveries of F-16s to Kiev are not linked to counterattack by the AFU
“I don’t think this issue is directly linked to the counteroffensive, but we have to protect our way of life,” he said at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
Earlier, US Assistant to the President for National Security Jake Sullivan said that the US and its allies, as Ukrainian pilots are trained on F-16s in the coming months, will decide who will supply these aircraft to Kiev and in what quantity. As CNN reported, US President Joe Biden informed G7 leaders that the USA would support allies’ measures to train Ukrainian pilots on fighter jets, including F-16s.
Russia sent a note to NATO countries over arms supplies to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted that any cargo containing arms for Ukraine would be a legitimate target for Russia. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that NATO countries were “playing with fire” by supplying weapons to Ukraine. The Kremlin said that pumping weapons into Ukraine from the West did not contribute to the success of the Russian-Ukrainian talks and would have a negative effect. Lavrov also said that the US and NATO were directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine, “including not only by supplying weapons, but also by training personnel… on the territory of the UK, Germany, Italy and other countries”.
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