According to U.S. officials, they are considering a deal in which Poland would send Soviet-era aircrafts from Ukraine in exchange for American F-16 fighter jets.
According to The Wall Street Journal, this would be one of the latest efforts to help Ukraine against Russia’s invasion. According to U.S. officials, Saturday’s agreement would require both congressional approval and White House approval.
This is just after Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, desperately asked U.S. officials to help him obtain more weapons, military assistance, and Russian-made fighter jets. Ukraine remains outgunned by Russia. Zelenskyy called for an end to U.S. imports Russian oil.
It occurred during a call Zelenskyy had with over 200 House and Senate lawmakers Saturday morning. NBC News reports that two Republican senators are now facing uproar over sharing pictures of that video call over social media – when Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian officials specifically told them not to do so while the meeting was in progress.
Senators Marco Rubio from Florida and Steve Daines from Montana posted photos of the Zoom call meeting. They revealed that they were there with Zelenskyy.
Both senators gave separate statements in defense of their decision to share photos and said they didn’t share any identifying data.
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