Ukraine needs to control its own airspace to combat the Russian invasion, Radosław Sikorski told Newsweek.
Ukraine's military needed advanced F-16 fighter jets a year ago, Poland's former defense and foreign minister has told, as Kyiv forges ahead with its push to roll back Russian troops in eastern and southern Ukraine.
The"right moment" to furnish Ukraine with Western-made fourth-generation jets"was a year ago," according to Radosław Sikorski, who served as Warsaw's defense minister between 2005 and 2007 and as foreign minister from 2007 to 2014. Kyiv has long called on its Western allies to deliver fighter jets such as the U.S.-made F-16, which would be a significant improvement in capabilities for its Soviet-era air force.
Poland's former defense and foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski , speaks to the media in 2014 alongside an image of a Belgian F-16 fighter jet. Ukraine's military needed advanced F-16s a year ago, Sikorski told Newsweek."Ukraine needs to recover control over its own airspace, and fighter jets would be very useful in that endeavor," Sikorski toldAlthough countries such as the U.S.
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