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You are here: Home / Press Room / US considers a deal to send fighter jets to Ukraine, but will they make a difference?

March 8, 2022

US considers a deal to send fighter jets to Ukraine, but will they make a difference?

Executive Director John Tierney was quoted in a USA TODAY article about a proposal to transfer fighter jets from Poland or other Eastern European countries to Ukraine to aid their battle with Russia.

Putin has an equally strong interest in other countries staying out of the fight, and he is unpredictable, said John Tierney, executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

“Everybody is very concerned about where the threshold of sending Mr. Putin over the limit and into the use of tactical nuclear weapons may be,” Tierney said. “His threats, as reprehensible as they are, certainly have to be taken into consideration.” Read more

Posted in: Center in the News, Press & In the News on Russia, Press Room, Russia, Ukraine

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