including changing views on defence and economic priorities. separately the us state department said washington would go ahead with the sales of f i6 fighterjets to take it one more item, nato members issued a stark warning on saying. so in coming back to turkey. why do you think washington approved this now? these f i6 jets, washington approved this now? these f i6jets, wasn t in washington approved this now? these f i6 jets, wasn t in for turkey to approve sweden into nato? ., , ., ., ., , nato? the administration has been very nato? the administration has been very quiet nato? the administration has been very quiet on nato? the administration has been very quiet on that. - nato? the administration has been very quiet on that. i - nato? the administration has been very quiet on that. i do | been very quiet on that. i do not know what has been said behind closed doors. i will make two points. first and foremost, we want turkey to have f i6s, we want them to have f i6s, we want t
that would have been a better way of dealing with it from a pr perspective. dealing with it from a pr persoective- dealing with it from a pr perspective. dealing with it from a pr ersective. or ., ., ., dealing with it from a pr ersective. or ., ., perspective. nick freeman, good to talk to you. perspective. nick freeman, good to talk to you, thank perspective. nick freeman, good to talk to you, thank you. russia claims that the transfer of f i6 fighter jets to ukraine would raise questions about nato s role in the conflict. president biden on friday said washington would support delivery of the advanced fighterjets to kyiv by allowing western allies to supply them. russia s ambassador to the us anatoly antonov says, there is no infrastructure for the operation of the f 16 in ukraine, and the needed number of pilots and maintenance personnel is not there either . and he says any ukrainian strike on crimea would be considered a strike on russia. he says it is important that t
there are not more details as to precisely what s in that package. at the time of the announcement, president zelensky didn t know any more detail either. but we do know this. it s a key headline that emerged yesterday and it involves us made f i6 aircraft. the us announced it would support the delivery of f i6 fighterjets to ukraine by western allies, along with training for ukrainian pilots. this would be a step up from ukraine s soviet era mig 29 and su 27 switch fly comparable missions. the f i6 radar can see further, allowing hostile aircraft to be engaged at longer ranges. here s president biden outlining the basic details of the new package. today i m announcing the next tranche of us security assistance to ukraine, a package that includes more ammunition, artillery, armoured vehicles to bolster ukraine s battlefield abilities. and the united states continues to help ukraine respond, recover and rebuild. president biden with
volodymyr zelensky, all eyes have been on that attendance, haven t they? have been on that attendance, haven t they? yes, i think what ou haven t they? yes, i think what you were haven t they? yes, i think what you were just haven t they? yes, i think what you were just saying haven t they? yes, i think what you were just saying that - haven t they? yes, i think what you were just saying that about these suppose that gains by the russians in bakhmut only underlined the urgency. we understand it was actually the ukrainians pushing quite hard for him to be here in person. he is clearly very keen to meet his g7 allies and pleading the case for more assistance for his country, military assistance on the battlefield, financial assistance, tightening sanctions on russia. it looks like he is going to get all of that. he s got a bit of a victory yesterday when the us confirmed they would allow ukrainian pilots to be trained in f-i6 ukrainian pilots to be trained in f i6 fighterjets. he
controls but the european nations have to acknowledge the economic reality that china is the eu biggest trading partner. the contract of de risking, so moving supply chains away from china not be so economically independent but saying that is easy, as we saw in the joint communique, but doing that is going to be a lot harder.- going to be a lot harder. nick, ureat to going to be a lot harder. nick, great to have going to be a lot harder. nick, great to have your going to be a lot harder. nick, great to have your coverage, i great to have your coverage, thank you. olaf scholz, the german chancellor has been speaking about the delivering of f i6 jets and the training of ukraine pilot is a long term project and he says the united states is not finally decided what stands at the end of it. he says the delivery of these jets is rather a message to russia that russia cannot