 Biden says Ukraine doesn't need F-16 jets now. U.S. President Joe Biden said on the one-year anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion that he has ruled out for now, sending advanced American fighter jets to Ukraine. Biden told it in an ABC News interview, no, he doesn't need F-16s now. Biden said when asked whether he thinks President Zelensky needs the jets now. Despite repeated public calls for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, President Joe Biden has ruled out for now, sending advanced American fighter jets to help defend Ukraine in the Russian war. Asked whether his statement meant Ukraine would never receive the jets, Biden said there was no way to know exactly what the Ukrainian defense would require in the future, but that there is no basis upon which there is a rationale according to our military now to provide F-16s. I am ruling it out for now, Biden said. Jake Sullivan, the U.S. National Security Advisor, said that the F-16 jets that Ukraine has requested are not the key capability for the country's current needs, which are a counteroffensive against Russian forces.