Netherlands to become first country to supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

The Netherlands will become the first country to supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, said Yuriy Sak, adviser to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Report informs via RBC-Ukraine.

According to him, the Netherlands has 18 F-16s which are not used: “Those fighters can be supplied to Ukraine. Initially, it was planned to transfer them to private companies, but this process has been postponed.”

According to the information, high-ranking officials of the European Union did not rule out that the Ukrainian military will receive F-16 fighters by the fall of this year.