US to Send More Military Assistance to Ukraine

The $375m package includes ammunition, artillery and armoured vehicles, Biden said at the end of the G7 summit in Hiroshima in Japan.

He assured Ukrainian President Volodyyr Zelenski at a meeting under the G7 summit that the US is doing everything in its power to strengthen Ukraine's defence against Russia. “S along with all G7, we support Ukraine and promise we will not turn our backs on it,” told Biden Zelenski. Russian President Vladimir Putin will not break that resolve.

Training for Ukrainian pilots with F-16 fighter planes

At the Beden meeting, the US's readiness to help Ukraine build its long-term defence against Russian aggression and as well as preventative skills, the presidential office said. In addition, Beden said that, along with allies and partner countries, they will support Ukraine to train Ukrainian pilots to use modern Western fighter F-16s.

Biden said Zelenski had given “to the unconditional sub-garancial” that Ukraine would not use F-16s that it is taking from the west to infiltrate Russian territory. Zelenski said he is confident Ukraine will receive F-16s from the West.

Long - Term Project

British Prime Minister Richi Sunak announced that his country will begin training Ukrainian fighter pilots in the summer. However, neither Great Britain nor Germany have F-16s Ukraine wants. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in Hiroshima that he sees the commitment of several Western countries to train Ukrainian pilots to use F-16 aircraft, mainly as a political signal to Russia that the West will support Ukraine in the long run.

The German Chancellor said he does not expect modern F-16 fighter planes to surrender to Ukraine in the near future. The training of pilots is a long-term project,” said Scholz under the G7 summit in Hiroshima. The US has not yet finally decided what it will do to complete pilot training. /dw