The Netherlands will supply Kyiv with six F-16s in addition to the already promised 24. The country's Minister of Defense Kaisa Ollongren announced this on her social network account X.

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that the Netherlands’ supply of F- 16 fighter jets to Ukraine will not have any impact on the course of the special military operation. Prior to this, the Ukrainian Armed Forces stated that pilots, infrastructure and engineers must be ready to transfer F-15 fighters to Kyiv.