Move follows months of debate in Washington, as Ukraine reports success in its counteroffensive
Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates
Ukrainian fighter pilots are being trained to fly F-16 jets, Nato’s secretary general has revealed, as Kyiv claimed further incremental progress in its counteroffensive against Russian forces in the east and south of Ukraine.
Nato allies have yet to agree on delivering the so-called fourth-generation US fighters to Ukraine, but Jens Stoltenberg disclosed that training of Ukrainian personnel had nevertheless already begun.
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