Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said that the Belgian Ministry of Defense is conducting a check to find out whether the state can send a number of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. transmits VRT News. According to him, the defense ministry needs to evaluate the condition of the aircraft.
“We have asked the Ministry of Defense to check whether our aircraft have reached the end of their service life. We must consider all options. If they are still useful in any way, then we should definitely investigate. Maybe Ukraine uses Belgian aircraft for training purposes only. Then the requirements are different,” De Croo explained .
As VRT News noted, the Belgian Ministry of Defense spoke about the impossibility of supplying fighter jets to Kiev, but the ruling party has recently been calling for sending 2 to 4 aircraft to Ukraine. According to the portal, Belgium has only 45 F-16 fighter jets, and some of them may be replaced by F-35s in the future.
previously Poland announced Stopping arms shipments to Ukraine.