Sunday, August 20, 2023

Zelensky says agreed with Dutch PM on supplies of 42 fighter jets, Denmark will donate 19 F-16

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said on Sunday that a "breakthrough agreement" has been reached with the Netherlands on supplies of 42 F-16 fighter jets to Kiev.



"We agreed with Mark Rutte (Dutch PM - TASS) on the amount of F-16s that will be supplied to Ukraine after our pilots and engineers finish training. 42 planes. And this is just a beginning," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

According to the Ukrainskaya Pravda media outlet, Zelensky and Rutte visited the Eindhoven airbase on Sunday.

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 Copenhagen is ready to supply 19 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, with the first six reaching Ukraine before the end of this year, the Danish defense ministry said on Sunday.

"Denmark will donate 19 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine," the Danish defense ministry said, adding that along with the Netherlands, Denmark is heading the international training coalition on F-16 combat aircraft. According to the Defense Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, this decision is supported by the majority of Danish parliamentary parties.

The ministry noted however that the transfer of the F-16 jets requires a permission from the United States.

2 comments:

  1. Премьер-министр Дании Метте Фредериксен подтвердила готовность страны передать Киеву партию американских истребителей F-16. О своем решении она заявила на встрече с президентом Украины Владимиром Зеленским на авиабазе Скридструп.

    «Дания согласилась предоставить F-16»,- приводит американское военное издание Defence Blog слова датского премьера.

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  2. Нидерланды не могут назвать точное число истребителей F-16, которое страна может передать Украине. Об этом 20 августа заявил премьер Нидерландов Марк Рютте на совместной пресс-конференции с президентом Украины Владимиром Зеленским на военно-воздушной базе в Эйндховене.

    «В распоряжении Нидерландов имеется 42 истребителя F-16, но пока слишком рано говорить, будут ли переданы все они», — сообщает агентство Reuters со ссылкой на Рютте.

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