A U.S. official announced earlier this week that the U.S. approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands.
“We welcome Washington’s decision to pave the way for sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine,” Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said on X, formerly known as Twitter . “Now, we will further discuss the subject with our European partners.”
The jets will be used to defend Ukraine against Russian invaders, soon after pilot training takes place, a U.S. official said, according to Reuters .
The Danish defense ministry announced on Friday that a coalition of 11 countries would start training Ukrainian pilots later this month.”The government has said several times that a donation is a natural next step after training. We are discussing it with close allies, and I expect we will soon be able to be more concrete about that,” Danish Defense Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen told news agency Ritzau.”It […]
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