US to Train Ukrainian Pilots on F-16s in International Plan

President Joe Biden has pledged to support a joint effort to train Ukrainian pilots on modern fighter jets, including American-made F-16s, during a closed-door meeting at the G-7 Summit in Hiroshima. The training will take place over several months outside of Ukraine in Europe and could begin in the next few weeks. The move comes as the Defense Department found an accounting error in assessing the value of weapons assistance the US has given to Ukraine, with the $3bn found to fund weapons for Ukraine stemming largely from accounting errors in which it overestimated the value of equipment that had already been sent.