
A new shipment of Western F-16 fighter jets has arrived in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed to journalists on March 19.
The president stated that several F-16s had arrived but did not reveal the exact number of jets delivered.
"Additional F-16s have arrived in Ukraine. The Russians lied that they shot down something there, they didn`t shoot anything down. And the good news is that several F-16 aircraft have arrived in Ukraine", - Zelensky told reporters during a briefing, RBC Ukraine reported.
Earlier in the day Russian media claimed that an F-16 jets was downed in Sumy Oblast, a claim that Ukraine`s Air Force denied.
Zelensky did not specify from where the jets were delivered from.