Russia Opposes US Supplying F-16 Fighter Jets to Ukraine.

Russian officials have warned that supplying Ukraine with US-made F-16 fighter jets would escalate the ongoing conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that one of the modifications of the F-16 can "accommodate" nuclear weapons. President Biden informed other world leaders at the G7 summit that the US will support a joint effort to train Ukrainian pilots to use F-16s. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been pushing for months for Ukraine's Western allies to provide the fourth-generation aircraft. Experts say it will take months, at least, before the F-16s take to the skies above Ukraine.