01/11/2017
https://www.congress.gov...
"Vladimir Putin simply deterred the U.S. government from providing these aircraft by saying they would view this as escalatory."
"the Intelligence Community has assessed the transfer of MiG-29s to Ukraine may be mistaken as escalatory and could result in significant Russian reaction that might increase the prospects of a militar..."
"I have the unavoidable conclusion that influenced part of it."
"I don't believe it, and I don't believe there's intelligence to support it."