Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte pledged to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine during a surprise visit by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a major step by a crucial Kyiv ally to provide advanced weapons to fight off Russia’s invasion.
After receiving a required green light from the US to transfer the aircraft to another owner, Denmark and the Netherlands will to send the fighters to Ukraine once pilots there have been trained to fly them, Rutte said.
Denmark and the Netherlands said Friday they’d received a letter from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken giving them the go ahead for deliveries. He spoke with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson about the Nordic country’s Gripen fighter jet, and the leaders signed a statement of intent to cooperate on production on CV90 combat vehicles. Ukraine’s pilots have started training flights on the Gripens, Zelenskiy said.“I cannot say how many pilots — not to surprise Russia, so that they won’t be able to prepare for this,” Zelenskiy said.
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