Blinken Announces Ukraine Getting Fighter Jets from Denmark, Netherlands

Published on July 10, 2024

WASHINGTON—Ukraine is in the process of getting fighter jets from Denmark and Holland, announced U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. At the annual NATO Summit on July 10, Mr. Blinken said that U.S.-made F-16s are being transferred from those alliance members to Kyiv “as we speak.” Ukraine will be able to fly them in the summer, said U.S. President Joe Biden, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in a statement. This development was announced a day after President Biden said that some NATO members, including the United States, will be sending Ukraine five missile defense systems as it has been fending off Russia’s invasion for more than two years....

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