F-16 Fighting Falcons perform in the sky as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a speech congratulating the Ukrainian military.
The US is in talks with Ukraine to send long-range cruise missiles for its F-16s.
  • The US is in discussions to send long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, a US official told Politico.
  • This would allow Ukraine's F-16 fighter jets to hit targets hundreds of miles away.
  • The missiles could be delivered this year, one Ukrainian source told the Kyiv Independent.

The Biden administration is considering sending long-range cruise missiles for Ukraine's new F-16 fighter jets so they can hit targets more than 200 miles away, Politico reported.

The outlet cited a US official and two people familiar with the discussions who agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity.