Ukraine and the US are discussing the possibility of transferring American fighter jets.

 In an interview with Air Force Magazine, Yuriy Sak, an adviser to Ukraine’s minister of defense, said Ukraine needs “Western-standard” fighter jets and combat aircraft. Sak said while the A-10, a close-air support platform, is a great “support machine,” one that is “durable” and “very deadly,” Ukraine needs “fast and versatile” aircraft like the F-16, a multirole fighter jet. Although top US Air Force officials have suggested that sending A-10 Warthogs to Ukraine in support of the country in its fight against Russia is a possibility, a Ukrainian defense adviser said recently that the decades-old ground-attack aircraft are too slow and vulnerable to the enemy’s air defenses. “If we look at the needs of the Ukrainian Air Force today, it leads us to conclude that the most optimal option would be something fast and versatile such F-16s jets,” Sak said.