{"id":1980886,"date":"2023-07-23T18:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T22:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antony-blinken-says-sending-ukraine-f-16-jets-would-take-months-and-months\/"},"modified":"2023-07-23T18:15:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T22:15:04","slug":"antony-blinken-says-sending-ukraine-f-16-jets-would-take-months-and-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antony-blinken-says-sending-ukraine-f-16-jets-would-take-months-and-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken: F-16 jets to Ukraine would require lengthy time."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fantony-blinken-says-sending-ukraine-f-16-jets-would-take-months-and-months%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=1980886&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>Secretary of State Antony Blinken: U.S. Support for Ukraine Remains Strong<\/h2>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken reassured the world that the United States&#8217;s support for \u2064Ukraine in its war\u200b against Russia has not wavered. In an \u200cengaging interview with CNN&#8217;s Fareed Zakaria, Blinken emphasized the consistent support provided by the U.S., \u2062whether through financial assistance or equipment to repel Russian forces.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;At every step along the way, in fact, going back before\u2062 the Russian aggression when we saw the storm\u200d rising &#8230; we made\u200b sure,\u2064 going back to Labor Day before the war,\u2063 Christmas before\u2062 the war, that they started to get in their hands the equipment \u2062they would need if the Russians went forward,&#8221; Blinken said. &#8220;Every step along the way ever since, we&#8217;ve worked to try \u200cto get them\u200b what\u200c they need, \u2062when they need it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Blinken highlighted that it&#8217;s not just about providing equipment, but also \u200cabout training, maintenance, and the ability\u200b to use it effectively in \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-was-a-colossal-failure\/\" title=\"Why Russia\u2019s Invasion of Ukraine Was a Colossal Failure\">combined arms operations<\/a>. He acknowledged that this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-bidens-mammoth-social-spending-package-with-multiple-provisions-that-democratic-senators-oppose\/\" title=\"House passes Biden\u2019s mammoth social spending package with multiple provisions that Democratic senators oppose\">process takes time<\/a>,\u2063 stating that if a decision were made\u200d to move forward with sending\u2062 F-16 \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kushner-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize\/\" title=\"Kushner Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize\">fighter jets<\/a> tomorrow, it would still \u200ctake &#8220;months\u2063 and months&#8221; before they become operational.<\/p>\n<p>As NATO allies collaborate to arrange the \u2064training and transfer of F-16 \u2062jets\u200d to\u200c Ukraine,\u2064 Blinken&#8217;s \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-accuses-fellow-dems-of-sexism-for-calling-on-senile-senator-to-resign\/\" title=\"Pelosi Accuses Fellow Dems of Sexism for Calling on Senile Senator To Resign\">comments shed light<\/a> on\u200d the timeline. A\u2062 senior European official revealed that they are aiming to send the fighter jets sometime\u2063 during the \u2064fall.<\/p>\n<h3>Allies Joining Forces to Provide Support<\/h3>\n<p>The exact number of F-16s allocated for Ukraine remains unknown, but reports suggest that Denmark, Norway, and the Netherlands may come together to provide approximately 50 of these\u200c advanced aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>In mid-July, Joint Staff Director for Operations Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Sims confirmed the delivery of cluster munitions from the U.S.\u2063 to Ukraine. The defense department also assured that they have &#8220;hundreds of thousands&#8221; of these munitions readily available for \u200dimmediate support.<\/p>\n<p>With\u2064 ongoing efforts to bolster\u2064 Ukraine&#8217;s defense capabilities, the United States and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antony-blinken-says-sending-ukraine-f-16-jets-would-take-months-and-months\/\" title=\"Blinken: F-16 jets to Ukraine would require lengthy time.\">allies stand united<\/a> in their commitment to supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russian \u2062aggression.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed that sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine would require &#8220;months and months.&#8221; However, he emphasized that the United States remains unwavering in its support for Ukraine&#8217;s battle against Russia. In an interview with CNN&#8217;s Fareed Zakaria, Blinken assured that consistent support has been provided by the U.S. to Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1980887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1980886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1980886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}