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Ukraine Received Six F-16 Fighter Jets From Netherlands - Reports

© MADS CLAUS RASMUSSENVolodymyr Zelensky sits in a F-16 fighter jet in the hangar of the Skrydstrup Airbase in Vojens, northern Denmark,
Volodymyr Zelensky sits in a F-16 fighter jet in the hangar of the Skrydstrup Airbase in Vojens, northern Denmark, - Sputnik International, 1920, 01.08.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine has received six F-16 fighter jets from the Netherlands, The Times reported, citing a source.
According to the report, Ukraine will soon receive a new batch of F-16s from Denmark.
Bloomberg reported Wednesday citing sources that the first batch of NATO-supplied F-16 fighter jets had arrived in Ukraine. The Telegraph newspaper reported that the F-16s supplied to Ukraine had made their first flights in an "air defense" capacity.
(From L) Belgium's Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, and Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo pose for a photograph next to an F-16 fighter jet during an inspection visit of Ukraine's president to Belgium at the Melsbroek military airport in Steenokkerzeel, north-east of Brussels on May 28, 2024.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 24.07.2024
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Why Ukraine Plans to Station F-16 Jets at Starokonstantinov Airfield and How Could Russia Respond?
Former Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said in the last days of the previous cabinet that the country's authorities had issued permission to export 24 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, the first batch of which would be delivered soon. Russian Ambassador to the Netherlands Vladimir Tarabrin told Sputnik that Moscow views this decision as a deliberate move by The Hague to escalate the conflict and destabilize the situation.
New Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington last week that F-16 fighters should appear in Ukrainian airspace soon.
US Air Force F-16 fighter jet - Sputnik International, 1920, 24.07.2024
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Ukraine's Top General Acknowledges Russian Air Superiority, Questions F-16 Effectiveness
Russian Defense Ministry earlier said that Russian army will start hunting down F-16s as soon as they begin arriving and that Russian defense systems will get rid of the first batch of these jets in several weeks.
Vladimir Putin had a conversation with Russian military pilots in March and stressed that F-16 would not change the game for Kiev.
“If they supply F-16s... I think, and you understand this better than anyone else..., this will not change the situation on the battlefield,” Putin said.
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