President Biden dominated out sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine “for now,” saying the U.S. navy deemed different navy help similar to tanks and air protection extra essential at this stage.
Kyiv has ramped up pleas for fighter jets since america and European international locations pledged to ship heavy tanks, however as Ukraine’s allies rallied to mark one 12 months of conflict, Biden instructed ABC Information that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “doesn’t want F-16s now.”
Right here’s the newest on the conflict and its ripple results throughout the globe.
Maps present how the conflict in Ukraine has advanced: Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine one 12 months in the past, weapons have punctuated the panorama: Missiles streak via the skies, drones explode outdoors constructing home windows, and the booms of artillery echo via the times and nights.
As Russia retreated from Kyiv and the north final spring, the preventing turned consolidated within the east, forming what’s the present entrance line. Information from the Armed Battle Location & Occasion Information Challenge group exhibits how the battlefield modified over the 12 months, Samuel Granados and Ruby Mellen report. Whereas not complete, the data provides a way of how battle’s geographic focus and depth have advanced.