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
because they re allowing it. the united states is now allowing that training of ukrainian pilots, and that is quite a pivot for the biden administration. joining me is kevin liptack, our white house reporter with the leaders there in japan. kevin, i m seeing this is a very large photo, family photo, as they call it. and we re going to wait to see if there is a special guest. as of now this is the original group1/2 supposed to be gathering. as you pointed out, kevin, president zelenskyy is supposedly right now at a hotel waiting to have bilateral meetings and a group meeting. exactly, yeah, and i don t think that we were initially expecting zelenskyy to participate in this photo. he will be participating in some of the leader summits tomorrow, but i think when you look at this image you re seeing on the screen this is the g-7 members but it s also a number of invited guests including modi from india, you see the president of indonesia there in
long-term deterrence against the russians. it will take time for the u.s. and its allies to train up you cannian ukrainian pilots. the president did inform them yesterday he had made this decision. that will all come to a head tomorrow when leaders do hear from president zelenskyy. an important meeting here in ajapan. a very crucial meeting indeed. kevin liptak reporting from japan, thank you so much. well, ukrainian s president attended a different gathering and spoke with regional leaders in an effort to gain their support. he accused some of them of turning a blind eye to ukraine s suffering and urged them to take an honest look at the situation. mr. zelenskyy also held a meeting with the saudi crown
It could take the United States substantially less time to train Ukrainian pilots to operate American-made fighter jets than previously thought, US media reported on Thursday, citing US Air Force documents.
pilots to fly at 16. in fact it will take four months. that study has diminished f 16s it would take too long and ukrainians don t really need f 16 i think the world has changed a lot. the war is going to changed a lot. the war is going to change dramatically if ukraine is able to get f 16s in the coming months. it able to get f-16s in the coming months. , , ., months. it is interesting, that turnaround months. it is interesting, that turnaround that months. it is interesting, that turnaround that president - months. it is interesting, that l turnaround that president biden months. it is interesting, that - turnaround that president biden has made. he did say before that he didn t think that ukraine needed f-16 didn t think that ukraine needed f 16 fighter didn t think that ukraine needed f 16fighterjets. what has changed? this report that came out yesterday from yahoo news was in air force assessment study into ukrainian pilots to come to the united states and trained on these