John Kirby recalled that the United States had previously announced that these aircraft would be operational before the end of the summer.
The United States of America has not yet confirmed media reports about the transfer of the first F-16 fighter jet to Ukraine. This was confirmed by the statement of the coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, in a briefing on Wednesday, July 31.
The official responded in this way to the question of whether the rumors about the transfer of the first batch of F-16 fighters to Ukraine are true.
“You have to talk to the Ukrainians. I’m certainly not going to talk about weapons capabilities,” Kirby emphasized.
However, he recalled that at the NATO summit it was noted that the process of transferring F-16s to Ukraine is moving forward.
“We said that they will be carried out before the end of the summer that we have no reason to doubt this,” the official concluded.
We remind you that the Western media announced on Wednesday, July 31, that the first batch of F-16 fighters from the Western allies is already in Ukraine.
Source: korrespondent
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