Biden: We will discuss with Zelensky his requests for additional military aid

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“We will talk,” Biden told reporters when asked about the Ukrainian president’s demands, which include fighter jets and long-range missiles.

American President Joe Biden said today that “will speak” to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on the latter’s requests for additional military assistance.

“We will talk,” he told a group of reporters at the White House in response to a question about the demands of the Ukrainian president, who is mainly asking for fighter jets and long-range missiles to fight Russia.

Yesterday Monday, Joe Biden dryly rejected the possibility of supplying Ukraine with American aircraft. To the question “Will the United States provide F-16s to Ukraine?” he answered: “No.”

Westerners have raised the level of military aid they provide to Ukraine after Germany and the United States announced the sending of tanks, following tough talks.

Ukraine’s army will receive “120 to 140” Western tanks, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said today, giving the first estimate of the total number of heavy armored vehicles expected to be delivered to Ukraine.

At the same time, Volodymyr Zelensky is asking for even more help with the delivery of long-range missiles and fighter jets.

Berlin has already categorically rejected this idea, while French President Emmanuel Macron carefully stated that “by definition, nothing is ruled out”, assuring that the Ukrainians have not yet submitted such a request to him.

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