Russia will be “vindictive” if it loses the Ukraine war and “poses a direct threat” to the UK.
Source: Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, the Chief of the Air Staff, in an interview with The Telegraph
Details: Wigston believes Russia’s air force, surf…
On Friday 26 May, Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, said his state has not yet decided to provide F-16 fighters to Ukraine, but is “seriously considering” such an option.
Source: This was reported by European Pravda with reference to Reute…
The Netherlands may send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine after the pilots have completed training.
Source: Bloomberg, citing two individuals familiar with the matter, as reported by European Pravda
Details: The Dutch government has been in talks with US o…
General Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said that Ukraine is capable of liberating all the territories occupied by Russia, but this will not happen in the near future.
Source: Milley following the results of the meeting of t…
Pål Jonson, Minister of Defence of Sweden, has announced the training of several Ukrainian pilots on Swedish JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets in response to the Ukrainian side’s request.
Source: Pål Jonson, Minister of Defence of Sweden, in the interview wit…
About 20 Ukrainian pilots will begin the first phase of training on F-16 fighters in the UK.
Source: Foreign Policy referring to an anonymous source in the UK government, reported by European Pravda
Quote from the source: “This will be ground-based bas…
Norway will support the training and education of Ukrainian pilots and personnel on F-16 fighter jets.
Source: NRK, citing Norway’s Defence Minister Bjørn Arild Gram, as European Pravda reports
On Wednesday, the head of the Norwegian Ministry of …
On Tuesday, Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles ruled out the possibility of training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets or supplying them, since the Spanish Air Force itself does not have them in service.
Source: EFE, citing Robles in an inte…
Polish National Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said on Tuesday that Warsaw is not yet training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets, but is ready to start it.
Source: Błaszczak at a press conference after the meeting of EU countries defence minist…
Several countries, including Poland, have already started training Ukrainian pilots to use U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets, the European Union’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell said on May 23.”It will take time, but sooner, the better,” Borrell told[1…