Europe does not rule out the possibility that Ukraine may receive F-16 fighter jets as early as this autumn.
Source: Politico, citing statements by officials from Central and Eastern Europe, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Asked if it is realis…
Delivering F-16 fighters to Ukraine will take “a few months at best”.
Source: CNN, citing US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on 22 May, as reported by European Pravda
Details: The US President’s Administration has provided few details on a plan to eq…
Portuguese Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho has ruled out providing Ukraine with F-16s but said his country is ready to train Ukrainian pilots, the newspaper Diário de Notícias reported[1] on May 22.”We have very good pilots and trainers, an…
The United States prioritises providing Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets and will work to achieve this goal in the coming months.
Source: Matthew Miller, spokesperson for the US Department of State, during a briefing on 22 May, as reported by European Pr…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, João Gomes Cravinho, has ruled out the possibility of supplying Ukraine with Portuguese F-16s within the fighter jet coalition, but confirmed the country’s readiness to participate in personnel training.
Sou…
Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra has announced that training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets will begin “very soon”.
Source: Hoekstra during consultations with his EU counterparts in Brussels on 22 May, as reported by European Pravda, cit…
Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, hopes that the delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine will begin soon.
Source: Borrell before the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, reported by Eur…
Joe Biden, President of the United States, said he had received a “flat assurance” from Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Ukrainian troops would not use Western-provided F-16 fighter jets to invade Russian territory.
Source: He stated this at the end of the G7 …
Italy might join international efforts to train Ukrainian pilots using modern fighter jets, but it is unable to give F-16s to Ukraine as it does not have any in its possession.
Source: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at a press conference followi…
Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov has announced that the regular meeting of the Contact Group for the Defence of Ukraine in the Ramstein format will be held next week.
Source: Reznikov on Facebook, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Comm…