After receiving the tanks, Ukraine is asking the United States and its allies for more long-range missiles and fighter jets

A senior aide to the Ukrainian president said last weekend that talks between Kiev and its Western allies on long-range missile proposals and US advanced fighter jets were under way. This comes shortly after the West officially decided to send heavy tanks to Kiev. This is according to the publication by many major international newspapers.

After receiving full promises from Western countries, especially Europe, Germany, to send heavy combat tanks, Kiev is now seeking more air weapons. According to Presidential Adviser Mykhailo Podolyak "To reduce air strikes and artillery shelling by Russian troops in major cities, Ukraine urgently needs long-range missiles to destroy their arsenal," he told Ukraine's Freedom television channel. He stressed that Russia has more than 100 artillery and missile depots in Crimea.

He gave no details, but said that was why Ukraine needed it, that is, to strike at distant targets, and that talks to obtain these weapons were proceeding with US allies at a rapid pace. One.

The Ukrainian president said in a separate video message that Ukraine wants to prevent Russian attacks on major Ukrainian cities and civilians. He said Ukraine needed a long-range missile, a US-made ATACMS missile with a range of 297 km. But so far Washington has refused to provide the weapons to Kiev.

According to Ukraine's Babel online newspaper, the Ukrainian Air Force has so far received 24 fighter jets from the Allies, all of which are older Soviet-era fighter jets.

Ukraine Air Force spokesman Yuri Ihnat said Ukraine needed 24 F-16 fighter jets made by US Lockheed Martin, but that negotiations were still under wayAny sent yet. The F-16 may be the best choice as it replaces Ukraine's current fleet, which is a remnant of the Soviet Union.

White House Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer last week said the United States was indeed discussing the intention to supply fighter jets, but negotiations were "very cautious" with Kiev and its allies. .