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months after president biden pledged f-16s for ukraine, the u.s. today gave the final okay, but it could be next year before they see action ellison barber with our report from the air. reporter: it s the jet everyone seems to be talking about. we should sell them the f-16 jets. the ukrainian f-16 pilots. the f-16. the f-16s. the f-16s. f-16. reporter: ukrainian officials thought they d have pilots
moscow s mayor says a drone has been shot down over the city this morning leaving falling debris near the expo center. no one was hurt. this is the third time in the past month that today bdebris h the area. and the u.s. has approved committing f-16 jets to ukraine as soon as training is complete. nada bashir is joining us from london. we talked about this yesterday. ukraine believes the jets still won t arrive until next year. so what can you tell us? reporter: look, danny, the supply of these f-16s really depends on the training of ukrainian pilots. these are advance u.s. made fighter jets and it could
welcome back to way too early. it s just before 5:30 a.m. on the east coast, 2:30 out west. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. the united states has approved the transfer of f-16 training materials to ukraine. it s the last step before an f-16 training program in den mark can get under way. once training is completed, the u.s. has said it will expedite approval for den mark and the netherlands to transfer some of their jets to the battlefield. since the f-16 is an american weapon, the u.s. must first approve any transfer. a spokesperson for ukraine s air force said earlier this week he does not expect the jets to arrive before the new year.