up by discussions on ukraine with president biden saying washington was prepared to give the go ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f16 fighterjets. the go ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f 16 fighterjets. the news was welcomed by ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, who called it historic . he said the jets would greatly enhance ukraine s air force and that he counted on discussing the plan with mr biden at the summit on sunday. the us national security advisorjake sullivan has been speaking about the us f 16jets plan. just yesterday, as you all know, president biden informed his g7 counterparts that the united states will support ukrainian pilots on fourth generation fighter aircraft, including f 16s. over the past few months, we and our allies have focused on providing ukraine with the systems, weapon and training that it needs to be able to conduct effective offensive operations this spring and summer. we have delivered what we promised. we have given ukraine wh
advanced fighterjets and training for ukraine. as he arrived, president zelensky tweeted, japan, g7. important meetings with partners and friends of ukraine. peace will become closer today. on the second days of talks in japan, the leaders of the g7 group of advanced nations have issued a statement on a shared approach to promote global economic resilience and to counter economic coercion. they said that any malign actor trying to, as they put it, weaponise economic dependence would fail. the g7 leaders added that their policy was not designed to harm china or thwart its economic progress. the statement also warned against what it said was china s militarisation in the south china sea, and it urged beijing to pressure moscow to end its war in ukraine. our correspondent is in hiroshima. watching the footage of him arriving, getting out of the plane, that french government plane, touching down in hiroshima is a hugely symbolic moment for the ukrainian president, but als
up by discussions on ukraine with president biden saying washington was prepared to give the go ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f16 fighterjets. the go ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f 16 fighterjets. the news was welcomed by ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, who called it historic . he said the jets would greatly enhance ukraine s air force and that he counted on discussing the plan with mr biden at the summit on sunday. the us national security advisorjake sullivan has been speaking about the us f 16jets plan. just yesterday, as you all know, president biden informed his g7 counterparts that the united states will support ukrainian pilots on fourth generation fighter aircraft, including f 16s. over the past few months, we and our allies have focused on providing ukraine with the systems, weapon and training that it needs to be able to conduct effective offensive operations this spring and summer. we have delivered what we promised. we have given ukraine
speaking about the us f 16jets plan. just yesterday, president biden informed his counterparts that the united states will support a training effort to train ukrainian pilots on a fighter aircraft, including the f 16. 0ver pilots on a fighter aircraft, including the f 16. over the past few months, we and our allies have focused on providing ukraine with assistance, weapons and training that it needs to be able to conduct effective offensive operations this spring and summer. we have delivered what we promised. we have given ukraine what it needs, based on close consultations between our military and theirs. and now we have turned to discussions about improving ukrainian air force as part of our long term commitment to ukraine s self defence. so, as the training unfolds in the coming months, we will work with our allies to determine when planes will be delivered, who will be delivering them, and how many. his delivered, who will be delivering them, and how many. them, and how many. hi