EXPLAINER: Why does Ukraine need foreign warplanes?
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March 6, 2022
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — In a private video call with American lawmakers over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a "desperate" plea to the United States to help Kyiv get more warplanes to fight Russia's invasion and retain control of its airspace.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Washington has given a "green light" to the idea and is currently "very, very actively" looking at a proposal under which Ukraine's neighbor Poland would supply Kyiv with Soviet-era fighters and in turn receive American F-16s to make up for their loss.
However, the proposition is fraught...
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