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Talk of fighter jets to Kyiv could strain Western unity

CORRECTS DAY OF THE WEEK A woman walks in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) CORRECTS DAY OF THE WEEK Women pray at the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) CORRECTS DAY OF THE WEEK A man walks backdropped by St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) A woman prays at the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a joint news conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry following their talks in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Lavrov reaffirmed Moscow's claim that supplies of Western weapons to Ukraine reflect NATO's direct involvement in the conflict. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP) A boy stands on a destroyed Russian tank displayed in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, left, and Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov talk at the French Defense Ministry, in Paris Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Ukraine's defense minister pays his first official visit to France, meeting with Macron and the defense minister, as Ukraine sets its sights on Western warplanes and other heavy weaponry to push back Russian forces. (Julie Sebadelha, Pool via AP) In this handout photo taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. The Russian army's self-propelled cannons fire at Ukrainian troops at an undisclosed location. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) CORRECTS DAY OF THE WEEK A woman walks in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) CORRECTS DAY OF THE WEEK Women pray at the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) CORRECTS DAY OF THE WEEK A man walks backdropped by St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) A woman prays at the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a joint news conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry following their talks in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Lavrov reaffirmed Moscow's claim that supplies of Western weapons to Ukraine reflect NATO's direct involvement in the conflict. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP) A boy stands on a destroyed Russian tank displayed in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, left, and Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov talk at the French Defense Ministry, in Paris Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Ukraine's defense minister pays his first official visit to France, meeting with Macron and the defense minister, as Ukraine sets its sights on Western warplanes and other heavy weaponry to push back Russian forces. (Julie Sebadelha, Pool via AP) In this handout photo taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. The Russian army's self-propelled cannons fire at Ukrainian troops at an undisclosed location. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) CORRECTS DAY OF THE WEEK A woman walks in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) CORRECTS DAY OF THE WEEK Women pray at the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) CORRECTS DAY OF THE WEEK A man walks backdropped by St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) A woman prays at the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) A boy stands on a destroyed Russian tank displayed in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) CORRECTS DAY OF THE WEEK A woman walks in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) CORRECTS DAY OF THE WEEK Women pray at the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) CORRECTS DAY OF THE WEEK A man walks backdropped by St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) A woman prays at the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) A boy stands on a destroyed Russian tank displayed in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) A boy stands on a destroyed Russian tank displayed in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) A local resident walks past a burnt car that was damaged in Russian shelling in the town of Orekhovo, Zaporizhzhya region, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A local resident walks past a school that was damaged by Russian shelling the town of Orekhovo in Zaporizhzhya region, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte meet in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Macron visits Rutte in the Netherlands, with Ukraine, migration among issues on the agenda. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) A woman passes by a board depicting former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and reads: "The World of Brave People! #thank you for support", with antitank hedgehogs in the foreground, in the town of Bucha, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Talk of fighter jets to Kyiv could strain Western unity