 Senior U.S. official Ukraine could get F-16s by the end of 2023. The U.S. may deliver F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by the end of this year. John Kirby, coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council in the White House, said it in an interview with Fox News. The F-16s will get there to Ukraine probably towards the end of the year, but it's not our assessment that F-16s alone would be enough to turn the tide here, he added. Kirby has added that Ukraine now needs more artillery shells. The United States believes that the current capabilities of Russia's air defense and air force create imperfect conditions for the supply of F-16s to Ukraine at this time. Training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16s has not yet begun. And the first group of pilots is expected to leave having prepared for this training, including by mastering English.