Zelenskyy: 'We agreed with Rutte to start training pilots on F-16 in August'

The Netherlands is due to start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets in August, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after meeting with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Report informs referring to RBC-Ukraine.

“We agreed to start training pilots for August. We are approaching a decision on modern aviation for Ukraine,” the president wrote on social networks, noting that the Netherlands will assist in strengthening air defense and artillery.

Zelenskyy thanked Rutte for supporting Ukraine's path to NATO membership - both by invitation and by security guarantees.