Netherlands and Denmark to supply F-16’s to Ukraine, Dutch PM says

cde.news desk 20 August 2023, 15:05 · 1 min read

A file photograph supplied by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) of a Israeli F-16 I jet fighters called the "Sufra" (Storm in Hebrew) as it is being refuelled. EPA/ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES

EINDHOVEN, Aug 20 (Reuters) – The Netherlands and Denmark will deliver an unspecified number of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine once conditions for the transfer have been met, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Sunday as Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited his country.

The pledge is the first real promise of F-16’s for Ukraine’s armed forces and comes a few days after the United States approved the possible delivery of the fighter jets by the Netherlands and Denmark.

(Reporting by Bart Meijer and Stephanie van den BergEditing by Frances Kerry)

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