No fighter jets for Ukraine, says German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
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After Poland proposed to provide MiGs to Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Berlin will continue financial support to Ukraine but it won't send any military aircraft to the country."Apart from that, we have to think very carefully about what we are doing, and this certainly does not include fighter jets," Olaf Scholz said.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had urged Western countries to resolve the Polish jet offer while asking for the planes.The German Chancellor was addressing a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. During the press conference, the Canadian prime minister said his country has a "strong energy sector". "Russia has made things complicated but on the other hand made us work towards cleaner energy," Trudeau said, adding, "We want to de-escalate the conflict, we want to see an end to this conflict."Pentagon spokesman John Kirby had said Poland's proposal to send the jets "into airspace that is contested with Russia over Ukraine raises serious concerns for the entire NATO alliance"."We do not believe Poland's proposal is a tenable one," Kirby said.