 Kyiv wants to receive 40 to 50 F-16 fighters from Allies. Yuri Sak, advisor to Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleg Siresnikov, has named the number of F-16 fighter jets that Kyiv hopes to receive from its allies. According to Sak, Ukraine wants to receive 40 to 50 F-16s in total, forming three or four squadrons to protect its skies from Russian bombing. Kyiv has told Western leaders that the need for modern aircraft has become more acute since the Russian Air Force began making extensive use of guided reconnaissance bombs in March, which can reach targets at greater distances. Currently, Ukraine has nothing to stop Russian aircraft from carrying them, Sak said. Everyone understands that this topic is ripe for discussion. Nobody said that it's impossible. If you compared it with three months ago when we were still struggling to get tanks, today everybody is talking about the Jet Coalition. That's a very promising sign, Sak said. We understand that our air defense will not be complete without fighter jets F-16s," he added, according to Politico edition. Sak noted that President Volodymyr Zelensky wants the issue of combat aircraft to be high on the agenda of the G7 summit in Hiroshima and the NATO summit in Lithuania in July.