Military expert Oleg Zhdanov believes that Ukraine will be able to obtain modern combat aircraft before a counteroffensive.

It could probably happen closer to the summer. 

He said this in a comment to Channel 24. 

Zhdanov are convinced that our Western allies will still support the transfer of modern Western aircraft to Ukraine, and this will happen on the eve of a large-scale counteroffensive of the Armed Forces. 

"The planes will be sent before the counteroffensive. If it is delayed a little now, then the transfer of aviation will also be delayed," Zhdanov believes. 

It will be recalled that Shmyhal held a meeting with the head of the Pentagon and called for Ukraine to receive F-16 fighter jets. 

Earlier, Mykhailo Podolyak stated that there is an extremely high probability 

that the state will hear about the West's decision to hand over F-16 fighter jets by the summer

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The Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, believes that the partners have not yet delivered F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, as these systems are very complex and require maintenance and large financial costs.

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