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French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will not rule out sending fighter jets to Ukraine at some point, but that Kyiv is in need of more immediate military firepower.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has long urged his allies to send jet fighters and claimed that several European leaders were ready to supply aircraft.
Zelenskiy told a news conference on Thursday:
Macron, when asked about the possibility of sending jets at the end of a summit of EU leaders in Brussels in the early hours of Friday, replied:
But Macron said any delivery of fighter jets – and the time to train Ukrainian pilots to fly them – would be lengthy and Ukraine primarily needs immediate help in the weeks and months ahead.
Macron said the priority should be on items such as artillery and possibly intensifying the delivery of such items.
