{"id":1935981,"date":"2023-05-23T02:43:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T06:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-moves-toward-greenlighting-f-16s-for-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-05-23T02:44:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T06:44:33","slug":"biden-moves-toward-greenlighting-f-16s-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-moves-toward-greenlighting-f-16s-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden approves F-16s for Ukraine."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-moves-toward-greenlighting-f-16s-for-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1935981&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2> Biden Reverses Course on F-16s for Ukraine <\/h2>\n<h3> Background <\/h3>\n<p>For months, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has been requesting F-16 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kushner-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize\/\" title=\"Kushner Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize\">fighter jets<\/a> from the United States and Europe to counter Russian control of the skies over Ukraine. However, earlier this year, President Joe Biden rejected the request, stating that the Ukrainian military did not need the fighter jets at that point. U.S. officials were also concerned that providing Ukraine with fighter jets could escalate the war with Russia.<\/p>\n<h3> Biden&#8217;s Change of Heart <\/h3>\n<p>President Biden seems to have reconsidered his prior stance, saying over the weekend that he had received assurances from Zelensky that the jets would not be used over Russian soil. Zelensky promised that the fighter jets would be used \u201cwherever Russian troops are within Ukraine and the area,\u201d according to Reuters. On Friday, Biden said that Ukrainian pilots could train on how to operate the American fighter jet in the U.S.<\/p>\n<h3> Russia&#8217;s Response <\/h3>\n<p>Moscow has warned against providing Ukraine F-16s, saying that such escalation would be a \u201ccolossal risk.\u201d Russia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">deputy foreign minister<\/a>, Alexander Grushko, stated that western countries are still adhering to the escalation scenario, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-moves-toward-greenlighting-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stealth-fighters-performance-not-living-up-to-the-price-tag\/\" title=\"Stealth Fighter\u2019s Performance Not Living Up to the Price Tag\">f-16s<\/a>-for-ukraine\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Biden approves F-16s for Ukraine.&#8221;>involves colossal risks<\/a> for themselves. Following Biden\u2019s decision to allow Ukrainian pilots to train on the F-16 in the United States, Zelensky issued a statement thanking the U.S. president.<\/p>\n<h3> Recent Developments <\/h3>\n<p>Over the weekend, Russia claimed to have captured the Eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut, the site of some of the heaviest combat of the Ukraine-Russia war. However, Ukrainian Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskiy appeared to confirm the reports from Russia until Zelensky later denied the reports at the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan. On Monday, Russia said that a group of Ukrainian commandos crossed into Russian territory in its Belgorod region. Ukraine said the force was acting independently and did not enter Russian territory on orders from Kiev, according to The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden is considering granting Ukraine&#8217;s request for F-16 fighter jets, a reversal from earlier this year. 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