BERLIN - Sending fighter jets to Ukraine is not an issue for Germany right now, spokespersons for the defence and foreign ministries said on Friday.

"That is not an issue for us," a Defence Ministry spokesperson told a regular government news conference in Berlin. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson added: "This is not a debate at the moment."

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy this week asked Western allies to provide Kyiv with advanced aircraft to defeat Russia's invasion, though it is not yet clear how many countries are willing to do so or when they could deliver the fighters.

(Reporting by Paul Carrel; editing by Matthias Williams)