US administration: New announcements on F-16s for Ukraine should be expected next week

F-16. Photo: ukrinform.ua

Next week, when the North Atlantic Alliance summit will be held in Washington, D.C., we should expect new statements regarding the program to provide Ukraine with F-16 aircraft.

This was reported on Friday during a telephone briefing by a senior U.S. administration official, according to a Ukrinform correspondent.

The US administration representative noted that the United States has been training Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 aircraft for more than a year, and they have made significant progress.

At the same time, in response to a question about whether the NATO summit would include statements on F-16s for Ukraine, he expressed expectations that “next week we will have something additional to announce” in this regard.

As Ukrinform reported, the NATO summit in Washington will be held from July 9 to 11. It is expected that the Allies will confirm their readiness to support Ukraine both now and in the long term.

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