5/30/2024 — Belgium to deliver first F-16s to Ukraine this year — with strings attached

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Alexander De Croo sign new security pact.

Belgium has committed to supplying the 30 F-16 fighter jets before 2028, with the first aircraft set to be delivered this year. | Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images

From: Politico BY ŠEJLA AHMATOVIĆ AND STUART LAU

BRUSSELS — Belgium’s pledge on Tuesday to send the first batch of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine this year comes with a clear warning to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Don’t fly them in Russian territory.

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.

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