The United States is not considering sending fighter jets to Ukraine despite fellow NATO members Poland and Slovakia pledging to send MiG-29s to the Eastern European country amid Russia’s invasion, said the State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel on March 21.
During the State Department press briefing, in response to a question from The Epoch Times of whether Poland and Slovakia’s moves would change the U.S. position on whether to send fighter jets to Ukraine, Patel said no.
“It does not change our position. [Secretary of State Antony Blinken] had an opportunity to speak to this a little bit in Niamey [in Niger] during his press conference,” said Patel….