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   NATO countries and Ukraine's other allies are yet to say whether they will   
   supply Ukraine with F-16s or similar Western fighter jets. Ukraine is pushing   
   for it and allies discussed it Tuesday, but "I have no aircraft announcements   
   to make," US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.   
       
   NATO member states such as Poland and Lithuania are strongly in favor of   
   supplying such fighters, especially as Ukraine braces for the feared new   
   Russian spring offensive. Even though the US, as a carrier of NATO and as a   
   production country of the F-16, was decisive, and Germany was also against it   
   earlier.   
       
   Ukraine will need Western warplanes sooner or later, "but Ukraine now   
   primarily needs ammunition and anti-aircraft guns", said NATO chief Jens   
   Stoltenberg, among others.   
      
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