of the war in ukraine cast on them both. first, the g7, where the world s most advanced economies are meeting in japan. the us has said it will support providing advanced fighterjets including us made f16s to ukraine and also back training ukrainian pilots to fly them. meanwhile, moscow s closest ally in the middle east, syria s bashar al assad, received a warm welcome at a summit of arab leaders in saudi arabia after years of international isolation. during syria s bloody civil war, it was only massive russian military support, that allowed assad, condemned by many as a war criminal, to cling onto power. the summit was also attented by the ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky, who is due tojoin the g7 group in hiroshima on sunday, where its expected he ll address leaders and hold a meeting with us presidentjoe biden. details on that later in the programme. but first, the news of more military support for ukraine. a short whie earlier, us national security advisor jake sull
first, the g7, where seven of the world s most advanced economies are meeting injapan with america signalling it s willingness to back the supply of f 16 fighterjets, and the training of ukrainian pilots, in the war with russia. meanwhile moscow s closest ally in the middle east, syria s bashar al assad, received a warm welcome at a summit of arab leaders in saudi arabia, after years of international isolation. during syria s bloody civil war, it was only massive russian military support, that allowed assad, condemned by many as a war criminal, to cling onto power. the summit was also attented by the ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky, who is due tojoin the g7 group in hiroshima on sunday, where it s expected he ll address leaders and hold a meeting with us presidentjoe biden. details on that later in the programme, but first, the news of more military support for ukraine just a few hours ago, us national security advisor jake sullivan spoke about the us f16jets plan. jus
so that s the reason. now, we all know that ukraine is planning this counteroffensive this summer. sullivan is making the case that the f i6s are not for the counteroffensive, they are further down the road once they get training and the supplying of the aircraft into ukraine, not for the counteroffensive, ukraine, not forthe counteroffensive, but ukraine, not for the counteroffensive, but keep in mind zelensky, four months, has literally been bagging the allies for accra. he wants them, he firmly believes these fourth generation advanced fighter aircraft will be key to eventually defeating the russians. eventually defeating the russians. ., ., ., russians. we got confirmation durinu russians. we got confirmation during that russians. we got confirmation during that conference - russians. we got confirmation during that conference that. russians. we got confirmation| during that conference that the japanese covenant has confirmed the ukrainian president will indeed be attending in p
so now is the time to think about providing ukraine with these f 16s that have an advanced capability. they can protect ukraine troops on the ground, they can also strike from the air targets at further distances closer to russia, possibly even inside of russia. so that s the reason. now, we all know that ukraine is planning this counteroffensive this summer. sullivan is making the case that the f 16s are not for the counteroffensive, they are further down the road once they get training and the supplying of the aircraft into ukraine, not for the counteroffensive, but keep in mind zelensky, four months, has literally been bagging the allies for accra. he wants them, he firmly believes these fourth generation advanced fighter aircraft will be key to eventually defeating the russians. we got confirmation during that conference that the japanese covenant has confirmed the ukrainian president