France won't rule out jets for Ukraine

Western countries are increasingly discussing the prospect of sending warplanes to Kiev
French President Emmanuel Macron said that the idea of sending fighter jets to Ukraine had not been “excluded,” as Kiev ramps up its campaign to pressure the West into donating combat aircraft to its military.
Asked about the possibility of transferring jets to Kiev's military, Macron told reporters that “nothing is excluded in principle,” according to France's AFP news agency. The president added that Kiev would be forbidden from using French jets to attack Russian soil.
Macron was speaking after a meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who told reporters that his government saw “no taboo” around sending US-made F-16 fighters to Ukraine, but admitted it would be a "big step.”
For nearly a year, the idea of sending any jets - let alone Western-designed ones - to Ukraine was considered too escalatory by the NATO powers. In a matter of days, however, the idea has now gone from a “high risk” hypothetical - in the...

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