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Denmark will donate nineteen F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. This was said by
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Sunday during a joint press
conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Skrydstrup Air Base
in Denmark.
 
The actual delivery will only take place after a few months. Ukrainian pilots
must first be trained in the use of the fighter jets. That training has
already started, according to Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov.
Airports in Ukraine must also be adapted for the arrival of the F-16s.
 
The Netherlands will also provide Ukraine with F-16s. Demissionary Prime
Minister Mark Rutte could not say on Sunday how many aircraft it concerns or
when they will be delivered. The F-16s will become redundant because they will
be replaced by F-35s. The Netherlands still has 42 F-16s, of which 24 are
operational. Not all of them go to Ukraine. According to Rutte, some will be
used for training Ukrainians in Denmark and later in Romania.
 
According to Zelensky, Rutte has already discussed the exact number that the
Netherlands can provide. On X, formerly Twitter, he said after the
conversation with Rutte that he expects to get all 42 F-16s.

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