After months of U.S. insistence that Ukraine did not need F-16s to fight its war with Russia, Washington finally relented to pressure, agreeing not to stop allied nations from sending Kyiv the advanced Western fighter jets it has long desired.
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Bowing to pressure, Biden relents on F-16s to Ukraine
Kyiv now appears in line to get the fighter jets by the fall, as Washington agrees to let other nations send them into battle
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Updated May 19, 2023 at 9:01 p.m. EDT|Published May 19, 2023 at 8:19 p.m. EDT