Sunday, August 20, 2023

Denmark And Netherlands Agree To Send 61 F-16 Fighter Jets To Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky smiles alongside Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of The Netherlands. Ukraine will receive 42 coveted fourth generation F-16 fighter jets from the Netherlands, Zelensky said on Sunday. © Ukrainian Defense Ministry/ X  

Newsweek: Smiling Zelensky Reveals Ukraine's F-16 Fighter-Jet Deal 

Ukraine will receive 42 coveted fourth-generation F-16 fighter jets from the Netherlands and Denmark, the Dutch and Ukrainian leaders said on Sunday, marking the first time fighter jets made in the West have been guaranteed to the war-torn country. 

"Mark Rutte and I agreed on the number of F-16s that will be provided to Ukraine after training our pilots and engineers is completed. 42 planes," Zelensky said in a statement posted to social media, referring to the prime minister of the Netherlands along with a picture of the two leaders smiling together. "And this is just the beginning," he added.  

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WNU Editor: F-16s are equipped to carry nuclear tactical weapons. The Kremlin has already warned that every-time a F-16 is in the air over Ukraine, the Russian military will look upon these air operations as a possible nuclear attack. 

 Update: Oh oh. Ukraine may not be getting F-16s after-all (see tweet below).

Denmark And Netherlands Agree To Send 61 F-16 Fighter Jets To Ukraine  

Ukraine updates: Netherlands, Denmark to send F-16s to Kyiv -- DW  

F-16s from Dutch, Danes will 'deliver new results for Ukraine,' Zelenskyy says: Live updates -- USA Today 

Ukraine war latest: Kyiv to receive 42 F-16 fighter jets, with first aircraft set to arrive in 2023 -- Kyiv Independent  

Denmark and Netherlands pledge to give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine as Zelenskyy visits -- AP  

Netherlands, Denmark commit to delivering F-16s to Ukraine -- Reuters

Zelensky hails ‘historic’ supply of F-16s as Ukraine seeks to counter Russian air supremacy -- CNN  

Netherlands and Denmark to send dozens of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine -- The Telegraph  

Dozens Of F-16s Were Just Officially Pledged To Ukraine -- Warzone/The Drive  

EU states to give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine -- RT

2 comments:

fazman said...

Relax WNU , they did commit to the F16s, the final tally may be I doubt , but the Gripen is where the money's at

Anonymous said...

Yes Fazzy another wunderwaffen to save the day.

And what model Gripen are they getting? And what model F16?

If this was serious, they would be asking for F22s or 35s and not the monkey model either. But even that will not make a difference.

You also were the big proponent in Lepoard and Strom shadows that would change this war around.

I do not know if you read the papers lately, but the Ukrainians are still losing and these wunderwaffens are not changing that.

You give a cave man a maxim gun, it does little good.