The United States has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands to defend against Russian invaders as soon as pilot training is completed.
Ukrainian pilots will undergo a training programme in August.The United States has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands to defend against Russian invaders as soon as pilot training is completed, a US official said on Thursday.
"We welcome Washington's decision to pave the way for sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine," Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.'We will respond instantly': Alexander Lukashenko warns against any attack on Belarus"The government has said several times that a donation is a natural next step after training.
Workers clear the rubble in the centre of Odesa on 24 July 2023, the day after a military strike, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Denmark's acting Defence Minister Troels Poulsen said in July that the country hoped to see"results" from the training in early 2024. According to figures from the Dutch defence ministry the Netherlands currently has 24 operational F-16s which will be phased out by mid-2024. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sent letters to his Danish and Dutch counterparts assuring them that the requests would be approved, the US official said.
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