The decision to send Ukraine battle tanks ignited a request from the Ukrainian president for fighter jets.
| Ukraine’s defence minister is expected in Paris on Tuesday to meet President Emmanuel Macron amid a debate among Kyiv’s allies over whether to provide fighter jets for its war against Russia, afterUkraine planned to push for Western fourth-generation fighters like F-16s after securing supplies of main battle tanks last week, an adviser to Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Friday.
In remarks carried on French television before Mr Biden spoke in Washington, Mr Macron stressed any such move would depend on several factors including the need to avoid escalation and assurances that the aircraft would not “touch Russian soil”. He said Mr Reznikov would also meet his French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu in Paris on Tuesday.
Mr Biden’s comment came shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had begun exacting its revenge forwith relentless attacks in the east, where it appeared to be making incremental gains. Mr Pushilin said despite “huge losses” Ukrainian forces were consolidating positions in industrial facilities.Mr Pushilin said Ukrainian forces were throwing reinforcements at Bakhmut, Maryinka and Vuhledar, towns running from north to south just west of Donetsk city. The Russian state news agency TASS quoted him as saying Russian forces were making advances there, but “not clear-cut, that is, here there is a battle for literally every metre”.
In central Zaporizhzhia region and in southern Kherson region, Russian forces shelled more than 40 settlements, Ukraine’s General Staff said. Targets included the city of Kherson, where there were casualties.
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