NO. Poland came up with idea and is trying to sell it to the US, via the media. Nope, ain't having these planes.
Moo
As requested before I left for work this morning:
Here's Anthony Blinken on the record:
Ukraine has made a ‘desperate’ plea for warplanes amid Russian invasion. Here’s why - National | Globalnews.ca
Blinken says NATO countries have "green light" to send fighter jets to Ukraine - CBS News
Saturday: (from Sunday's MSM sources)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
participated in a Zoom call with U.S. lawmakers on Saturday, during which he urged them to provide his country with military planes and impose an embargo on Russian oil. He also reiterated to lawmakers it could be the final time they see him alive, echoing a warning he has issued to European leaders.
Ukraine has made a ‘desperate’ plea for warplanes amid Russian invasion. Here’s why - National | Globalnews.ca
In a private video call with American lawmakers over the weekend,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a “desperate” plea to the United States to help Kyiv get more warplanes to fight
Russia’s invasion and retain control of its airspace.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Washington has given a “green light” to the idea and is currently “very, very actively” looking at a proposal under which Ukraine’s neighbour Poland would supply Kyiv with Soviet-era fighters and in turn receive American F-16s to make up for their loss.
However, the proposition is fraught with uncertainty
and Poland has been less than enthusiastic about it in public, largely because Russia has warned that supporting Ukraine’s air force would be seen in Moscow as participating in the conflict and open up suppliers to possible retaliation. Official comment from NATO and European Union member Poland has been only to confirm continuing talks on the subject.
Also on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a "desperate plea" to U.S. senators to send more planes. Zelensky made the request on a call joined by more than 300 people, including U.S. senators, some House lawmakers and aides.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, said in a statement he will do "all I can to help the administration to facilitate their transfer."
Schumer told Zelensky the U.S. lawmakers are inspired by him and by the strength and courage of the Ukrainian people, according to another person on the call who was granted anonymity to discuss it.
The U.S. Congress is also working on a $10-billion US package of military and humanitarian aid, and Schumer told Zelensky that lawmakers hope to send it to Ukraine quickly, the person on the call said.
Zelensky told senators he needs planes and drones more than other security tools, according to a senior Senate aide granted anonymity to discuss the private meeting.
Putin likens sanctions to 'declaring war,' warns Ukrainian statehood in jeopardy | CBC News
Blame that anonymous US Aide for making this story public - not Poland.
"That gets a green-light," Blinken said in an interview with "Face the Nation" when asked whether the Polish government, a member of NATO, could send fighter planes to Ukraine. "In fact, we're talking with our Polish friends right now about what we might be able to do to backfill their needs if in fact they choose to provide these fighter jets to the Ukrainians. What can we do? How can we help to make sure that they get something to backfill the planes that they are handing over to the Ukrainians?"
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The first public mention of fighter jets going from Poland to Ukraine ... came from an official US sources (Mr. Blinken - the US Secretary of State), despite that a "anonymous Senator's Aide" leaked it first, it was confirmed by an official representative of your nation.
Sunday:
The stories hit the news. Thanks US, but hey, at least they included the fact that Poland wasn't all for this plan (due to that threat from Russia about their provision).
Yet, the US insisted all week that it was planned for Poland to hand over planes, the US would backfill and it was a green-lighted deal by the US.
Now, because it became public (by a US source) and the US was insistent on the deal being "green-lighted" as "go ahead and give them to them Poland and we will backfill you" while actually showing much wavering back in the USofA about actually living up to it's International NATO agreements and helping to defend Poland should Russia treat this as an act of war, Poland says, "fine US, we'll exchange them through you then".
Oooops. And, seeing today's statements coming out of the US about the jets "not being a good idea" - Poland made the right call. The US was all for it and green-lighting it even after Putin said it would be considered an act of war as long as Poland did the deed and the US could claim clean hands .... until it's NATO partner, Poland, said "you hand them over then".
We indeed live in interesting times. The wavering continues. As does the genocide ...
Meanwhile, the same crew in the US government who'd brush off their NATO partner here was screaming at Obama to get his butt in to Syria a few years ago. Hmmmm. The irony indeed.
Oh, and one of those links actually has Mr. Blinken on video discussing; give it a watch.
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