Kuleba reveals on whom decision to transfer of F-16 fighters to Ukraine depends

He said this in an interview with BBC.

"For any other country to give us the F-16, we would need the consent of the United States," Kuleba said.

When asked by a journalist, what is the role of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his will to hand over or not to hand over aircraft, the minister answered: "I think it is some kind of inertia in the perception of transfer of weapons: what is Scholz thinking? Why was the position of Germany and Chancellor Scholz important regarding  Leopard tanks? It's a German technology, so the word of Germany was decisive. In the matter of aircraft, Germany's word is not the key one, because it's American technology."

• On January 26, Politico reported that Ukraine's international partners had started a debate on the supply of modern fighter jets for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

• On January 25, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov stated that Ukraine's "wish list" for Western-supplied weapons includes fighter jets.