Moscow confirms Chinese president will visit from 20-22 March; Ukraine allies under pressure after Poland decides to send warplanes
Our top story this morning: Poland’s announcement that it will be sending four warplanes to Ukraine in the coming days, making it the first country to do so, puts pressure on the allies to supply Ukraine with fighter jets. Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told Danish TV2 on Thursday that western nations are debating whether to send fighter jets to Ukraine. But German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said, “So far, everyone has agreed that it’s not the time to send fighter jets,”.
The Pentagon released a video showing the moments before a Russian fighter crashed into a US Reaper droneshows an Su-27 Flanker jet making two exceptionally close passes of the un-crewed drone, spraying fuel in front of it, a harassment tactic that US experts say has not been seen before. Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said he and senior Chinese diplomat Qin Gang had discussed the “significance of the principle of territorial integrity”
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