F-16 fighters provided by US will be stationed in Ukraine, says Sullivan

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan announced this in an interview with PBS.

He emphasized that the bilateral security agreement between Kyiv and Washington provides for the deployment of American F-16s in Ukraine. According to him, "it should be a potential based in Ukraine."

"The plan is to put the F-16s in Ukraine. And the bilateral security agreement that the president and President Zelenskyy signed reinforced this point, that we want to help Ukraine have this capability. It should be a capability based in Ukraine," Sullivan said.

The White House National Security Advisor also emphasized that Ukraine can use the air defense systems provided by the United States to destroy Russian aircraft "even if those Russian planes are in Russian airspace, if they're about to fire into Ukrainian airspace."

• On June 14, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressed optimism that Ukraine would receive U.S. F-16 fighter jets and related capabilities this summer.