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Zelensky gave 'flat assurance' F-16s won't attack Russian territory
"I have a flat assurance from Zelensky that they will not use it to go on and move onto Russian geographic territory, but wherever Russian troops are within Ukraine and the area, they would be able to do that," Biden told reporters at the G7 summit in Hiroshima.
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This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service Ukraine's shows President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) shaking hands with US President Joe Biden (right) during the “G7 + Partner Countries + Ukraine“ meeting on the sidelines of the final day of the G7 Summit Leaders' Meeting in Hiroshima on May 21, 2023.
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krainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave Washington a "flat assurance" that F-16 fighters will not attack Russian territory, US President Joe Biden said Sunday after approving Kyiv's access to the jets.
"I have a flat assurance from Zelensky that they will not use it to go on and move onto Russian geographic territory, but wherever Russian troops are within Ukraine and the area, they would be able to do that," Biden told reporters at the G7 summit in Hiroshima.
Earlier on Sunday, Biden announced a new $375 million package of military aid to Ukraine and told Zelensky that the United States was doing all it could to strengthen Ukraine's defense for the war with Russia.
Meeting with the Ukrainian leader on the sidelines of the G7 summit of world leaders in Hiroshima, Japan, Biden said the military aid package included ammunition, artillery, armored vehicles and training.
"Together with the entire G7, we have Ukraine's back and I promise we're not going anywhere,"Biden told Zelensky.
In the meeting, Biden stressed his country's readiness to help build Ukraine's long-term capacity to defend against and deter Russian aggression, the White House said.
To that end, Biden discussed US support for a joint effort with allied and partner nations to train Ukrainian pilots on fourth-generation fighter aircraft such as the F-16, it said.
Zelensky thanked the United States for the new package, and for the financial assistance of $37 billion to date, his office said.
