 White House will allow partners to transfer F-16s to Ukraine. President Joe Biden's administration has informed European allies in recent weeks that the United States will allow them to transfer the American F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. CNN reported it with reference to its sources. The channel reported that the White House was ready to make the relevant decision due to the growing pressure from representatives of the US Congress and allies as Russia increased air attacks on Ukraine. US lawmakers and congressional staffers have joined in the F-16 lobbying campaign urging the administration to provide the jets so that Ukraine can establish control over its skies. According to CNN, White House officials are not currently aware of any official requests from any of the allies to transfer the F-16s to Ukraine and State Department officials who are usually tasked with drafting documents to approve such transfers to third parties have not received any instructions to get to work. The channel noted that the US must give permission to the owners of the fighters to send them to third countries since the F-16s have a sensitive technology. Earlier, the Pentagon said it would not object to the transfer of American F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by third countries. Following a meeting on 17 May on the sidelines of the Council of Europe's summit in Reykjavik, the prime ministers of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands agreed to facilitate the creation of an international fighter jet coalition to strengthen Ukraine's air defense.