Monitoring Desk
WARSAW: A day after the US ruled out delivering fighter jets to war-torn Ukraine, Poland’s deputy defence minister said on Tuesday that currently, the country is not negotiating to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
“There are no official discussions on sending F-16 fighter jets at the moment,” Poland’s Wojciech Skurkiewicz told AFP.
Currently, Poland has 48 American-made F-16 fighter jets.
Asked earlier whether Poland would take action on delivering F-16s to Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said, “any new air force would be organized and possibly transferred in consultation with NATO countries.”
“We will act in full coordination,” he added on Monday.
US not to send F-16 jets to Ukraine: Biden
Later that day, US President Joe Biden said he would not send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to help it fight Russian aggression.
Ukraine’s leaders have said the F-16s are at the top of their latest weapons wish list.
This month, Western nations finally agreed after serious divisions to send Ukraine modern NATO-standard tanks, one of the most powerful weapons in their conventional armies. – APP/AFP
