Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced today that the Netherlands has provided Ukraine with American F-16 fighter jets, Reuters reported. These jets, along with French Mirages, will begin performing combat missions very soon and will strengthen Ukraine's defense capabilities, Umerov said on “Facebook“.
A few hours earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that France had sent the first Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets to Ukraine. “After months of training of Ukrainian pilots in France, the first jets have already arrived in Ukraine“, wrote French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu on the social network “Ex“. He did not specify the number of fighters delivered.