The news of this training was previewed in May, when the Biden administration announced that it would back an international plan to train Ukrainian pilots on how to operate the jets.
Whether Kyiv ultimately gets F-16s will ultimately depend on the U.S., since Washington must approve all re-exports of the American-made jet. The Economist reports that the first batch of F-16s could arrive in Ukraine as early as late September. and others to supply Ukraine with modern fighter jets-calls that were largely rebuffed until May, when the Biden Administration announced that it would allow its allies to send the jets to Kyiv and backed an international plan to train Ukrainian pilots on how to operate them. This comes months after Zelensky began appealing to the U.S. Norway, meanwhile, announced an additional 2.5 billion kroner ($240 million) aid package to Ukraine, including ultra-light drones and components for air defense missile systems.įighter jet training for Ukrainian soldiersĮleven NATO countries-led by Denmark and the Netherlands, and including Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and Britain-have now committed to training Ukrainian pilots to fly American F-16 fighter jets, which Stoltenberg said could begin as early as this summer.
Germany announced its own €700 million ($770 million) package for Ukraine, including dozens of battle tanks, anti-drone and anti-mine systems, as well as 20,000 rounds of artillery ammunition. In addition to the weapons package, Britain will also launch a new medical rehabilitation center to support the recovery of Ukrainian soldiers injured in combat, which will be funded through NATO’s Comprehensive Assistance Package for Ukraine and supported by specialists from across the alliance. On Tuesday, the British government pledged that it would also be providing its own package of weapons, including more than 70 combat and logistic vehicles, thousands of rounds of Challenger 2 tank ammunition, and a new £50 million ($64.5 million) support package for equipment repair. Tanks, combat vehicles, and drones, plus anti-drone and anti-mine systems The French decision comes two months after Britain announced that it would begin supplying Kyiv with Storm Shadow missiles. The Kremlin issued an unsurprising rebuke on Macron’s announcement, calling the move “ an erroneous decision” that would be met with countermeasures. Macron confirmed in his remarks that these missiles would only be used by Kyiv in a defensive capacity within its own sovereign territory.
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