The Biden administration has to try to go between escalation and equipping Ukraine as much as possible, he says. "I would say because it's in for a long war, the combat aircraft supply cannot be dismissed," White House official adds. The F-16 or any other jet will be given with the proviso that it can't hit Russian homeland, Obama writes.
As the war in Ukraine reaches its one year anniversary, there is still no clear end in sight. And while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy anticipates Russia’s spring offensive, he’s been clear in asking the West for one thing - fighter jets. On this episode of the podcast defence expert Rajan Menon and policy expert Anatol Lieven discuss how crucial jets could be for Ukraine’s defence, what the western countries’ national interest is in giving them, and whether support for Ukraine in this war could wane as time goes on. Our host for this episode is The Sunday Times Special Correspondent, Josh Glancy.
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