00:00in a move that could reshape NATO's military balance just days before the Ankara summit.
00:04President Trump intends to approve the sale of American F-35 fighter jets to Turkey.
00:10The New York Times is reporting this from sources with direct knowledge.
00:14Here is why this matters for the Russia-Ukraine war.
00:17Turkey controls the Turkish Straits,
00:19the only maritime passage between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
00:23It sits directly on Russia's southwestern flank.
00:26Turkish F-35s would give NATO aerial coverage directly adjacent to Russian territory.
00:33Unprecedented power to project force into Russia's strategic neighborhood.
00:37This comes as NATO prepares to pledge $80 billion in Ukraine aid in Ankara next week.
00:42The message to Putin is unmistakable.
00:45The NATO alliance is expanding its military reach in every direction around Russia simultaneously.
00:51Russia is losing its war.
00:53Its fuel is running out.
00:55And now, NATO is arming the country on its southern flank.
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