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US President Joe Biden on Friday endorsed training programs for Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets. / Photo: Reuters Archive / Photo: AFP ArchiveThe transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine would raise the question of NATO's involvement in the conflict, Russia's Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said.
"What will happen if the American fighters take off from NATO airfields, controlled by foreign 'volunteers'?" Ukraine has intensified its strikes on Russian-held targets especially on the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he was"upset" he and Volodymyr Zelensky did not meet at the G7 summit, adding his Ukrainian counterpart seemed uninterested in negotiating peace with Russia.
Both leaders said scheduling conflicts had prevented them from meeting – which Zelensky quipped had likely left his Brazilian counterpart"disappointed".
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