EU countries to send 'fighter jets' to Ukraine: Borrell

"We're going to provide even fighting jets. We're not talking about just ammunition. We are providing more important arms to go to a war," the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told a press conference.

EU countries will send "fighter jets" to Ukraine at Kyiv's request to help it counter the Russian air and land assault, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Sunday.

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borell. (Reuters file photo)

"We're going to provide even fighting jets. We're not talking about just ammunition. We are providing more important arms to go to a war," he told a press conference.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has told the EU "they need the kind of fighting jets that the Ukrainian army is able to operate... some member states have these kinds of planes," Borrell said.