Moscow has claimed victories in recent days, leading Ukrainian officials to increase calls for more support from its Western allies.
As Ukraine experiences setbacks on the battlefield, government officials from the country began amplifying its calls for more weapons. After Ukraine successfully lobbied its allies for tanks, those officials recently set a new weapons goal.
"The next big hurdle will now be the fighter jets," Yuriy Sak, an adviser to Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, told Reuters last week.would consider supplying F-16s to Ukraine. John Spencer, a retired U.S. Army major and chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Madison Policy Forum, toldearlier this month that F-16s would be a"huge add" to Zelensky's military and would provide a significant impact.
Now, however, Poland—a country that recently pledged Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine—could be the first to give Zelensky F-16s.NewsweekHe said Poland might be"especially supportive" of the war-torn country because it fears that"if Russia defeats Ukraine, then Poland will become a target for Moscow."
"For Poland, NATO support for Ukraine is not just a matter of altruism, but an effort to make sure that Russia cannot defeat Ukraine and be in a stronger position to threaten Poland," Katz added.
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