Biden says no f-16s for ukraine as russia claims gains
Kyiv, ukraine/washington jan 30 (reuters) - the us will not offer the f-16 fighter jets that ukraine has sought in its fight in opposition to russia, president joe biden said on monday, as russian forces claimed a chain of incremental gains inside the country's east. Ukraine planned to push for western fourth-generation fighter jets along with the f-16 after securing supplies of predominant warfare tanks last week, an adviser to ukraine's defence minister stated on friday. A ukrainian air force spokesman said it might take its pilots about half a 12 months to educate on such fighter jets. Requested if the united states might provide the jets, biden instructed journalists on the white residence, "no." The brief trade got here rapidly after ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskiy said that russia had begun exacting its revenge for ukraine's resistance to its invasion with relentless attacks in the east. Zelenskiy has warned for weeks that moscow goals to step up its...