Russia: Giving F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine a ‘colossal risk’
Western countries will be running “colossal risks” if they supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, a Russian official says.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko was responding to a question on Saturday about the implications of providing the jets, which Ukraine has been requesting from NATO countries, the TASS news agency reported.
Ukraine has not yet won commitments to deliver the planes, but US President Joe Biden told G7 leaders on Friday that Washington supports joint allied training programmes for Ukrainian pilots on F-16s, senior United States officials said.
