According to the newspaper’s report, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gara Støre confirmed that Oslo plans to hand over its F-16 warplanes to Ukraine. mountainbladet.
“We are planning to donate Norwegian F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine and will provide additional information on the donation, quantity and delivery time as the time comes,” he said.
Formerly at the Swiss Ministry of Defense reportedthat the country cannot train Ukrainian pilots to fly the F-16.
Answering the question of journalists on the subject, the ministry noted that this problem did not arise because Switzerland did not have F-16s.
On 22 August, Reuters reported that Denmark had begun training eight Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilots.
On 20 August, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Netherlands and Denmark. According to him, the negotiations in Amsterdam were “groundbreaking” and he agreed to the transfer of 42 F-16 fighter jets to Kiev.
Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba declarationHe said he did not understand what conditions Kiev had to meet to join NATO.