Washington Warns Kyiv of Using F-16 Fighters to Bomb Targets Inside Russia

The US State Department informed Ukraine of the United States' categorical rejection of the use of American "F-16" aircraft to strike targets within Russian borders.

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said, in a press statement: "We conveyed to the Ukrainian authorities a clear message that Washington will not contribute to or encourage Kyiv forces to strike targets inside Russian territory, and at the same time we are insisting on the need to remind the world that Russia is the one who fueled this war." Since the beginning".

Last week, the United States of America (USA) announced its support for the decision to start training Ukrainian pilots to use fourth-generation fighters, including the American F-16 fighters.

In a related context, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said earlier that Britain will start training Ukrainian pilots to use F-16 fighters this summer.

For his part, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that training Ukrainian pilots to control the F-16 fighters will take a long time and will be a warning signal to Russia.