US President Joe Biden on May 19 approved a plan to train Ukrainian pilots to use US-made F-5 fighter jets. This is considered a premise to send these advanced aircraft to Ukraine.
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| Russia-Ukraine conflict: The US supports a plan to train Ukrainian pilots to use F-16 fighter jets. (Source: AP) |
This view was made at the discussion of the leaders of the Group of leading industrialized countries in the world (G7) about the plan to tougher sanctions against Moscow related to the special military operation in Ukraine.
G7 leaders met in Hiroshima (Japan), where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will also be present on May 21, marking his farthest trip since the conflict with Russia broke out. in February last year.
At the G7 Summit, the leaders of the group heard for the first time the views of the US President in support of the plan to train Ukrainian pilots to use F-16 fighter jets, considering this as a premise for send these advanced planes to Ukraine.
Accordingly, when and how to deliver F-16 fighters manufactured by Lockheed Martin will be announced in the coming months, while training is underway. It is expected that the training will be conducted in Europe.
* June 19, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the participating countries of the Arab League (AL) Summit to support his peace initiative to end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
In his speech at the conference, President Zelensky, who is making his first trip to Saudi Arabia, said the conference participants would receive the text of the 10-point peace plan and suggested they work with Ukraine.
* Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev said on May 19 that the country can only hold negotiations with the US regarding Ukraine., intended to discuss the conditions of a post-conflict world order, but asserted that it was too early for dialogue on this issue.
Posted on Telegram, Mr. Medvedev stressed: "We can only dialogue with 'boss'. Or rather, only with Washington. There is simply no other interlocutor. And just discuss the conditions of the post-war world order. Although it is too early to talk about this. Therefore, there is no need to negotiate at the moment.”
Earlier on the same day, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that any peace initiative aimed at facilitating equal negotiations between Russia and Ukraine should be rejected.
* June 19, Poland's foreign ministry said Warsaw hopes China will pressure Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine.
The above statement was made after a meeting between Polish Deputy Foreign Minister and Chinese Special Envoy for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui.
Earlier, on May 18, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced that Special Envoy Li Hui had clarified Beijing's position on the crisis in Ukraine during his visit to Kiev on May 5-16.
"Mr. Li Hui raised the position of the Chinese side on the political solution to the crisis in Ukraine," the statement read. It is known that the Chinese special envoy had private meetings with Chief of Staff to the President Andrey Yermak and Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba of the host country.
