THE HAGUE, Netherlands—The United States has given its approval for the Netherlands to deliver F-16s to Ukraine, the Dutch defense minister said Friday, in a major gain for Kyiv even though the fighter jets won’t have an immediate impact on the almost 18-month war “I welcome the US decision to…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—The United States has given its approval for the Netherlands to deliver F-16s to Ukraine, the Dutch defense minister said Friday, in a major gain for Kyiv even though the fighter jets won’t have an immediate impact on the almost 18-month war
Apart from delivering the warplanes, Ukraine’s allies also need to train its pilots. Washington says the F-16s, like the advance US Abrams tanks, will be crucial in the long term as Kyiv faces down Russia. Meanwhile, Russian air defenses stopped drone attacks on central Moscow and on the country’s ships in the Black Sea, officials said Friday, blaming the attempted strikes on Ukraine.
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