Belgium to deliver first F-16s to Ukraine this year — with strings attached
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Alexander De Croo sign new security pact.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Alexander De Croo sign new security pact.

Ukraine and Belgium have signed a security agreement which includes the delivery of 30 U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, in a move to bolster Kyiv’s defense capabilities against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ongoing invasion.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo agreed on a plan that “includes at least €977 million in Belgian military aid to Ukraine this year,” the Ukranian  president announced Tuesday, during a visit to Belgium.

De Croo had already announced last year that Belgium would send F-16s to Ukraine in 2025 — without saying how many. Crucially, he also said at the time that the main condition would be whether the next government also agrees to do so, as Belgium is headed toward an election in June.

  • mephiska@kbin.social
    32·
    6 months ago

    Weirdly the picture in the article is an F-16 but somehow the thumbnail that Lemmy pulled is the F-35.

    • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      6 months ago

      I suspect Politico fixed it. When I first loaded the page, it had the same image you see in the thumbnail. And that’s was what prompted my comment. Looks like they updated the page and it’s now an appropriate image.