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May 17, 2023
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Great Britain and the Netherlands want to create a “fighter jet alliance” for Ukraine

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A few days ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again called for the delivery of modern fighter jets. Now the plans are taking shape. Great Britain and the Netherlands agreed to a joint approach.

GGreat Britain and the Netherlands want to form an “international alliance” to supply warplanes to Ukraine. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte agreed to such a move on the sidelines of a Council of Europe summit in Iceland’s capital Reykjavik, British government spokesman PA news agency reported. “Prime Minister (Rishi Sunak) and Dutch Prime Minister (Mark) Rutte have agreed to form an international alliance to provide air combat resources to Ukraine, from training to the purchase of F16 jets.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the efforts of both countries. “Yesterday we agreed with Prime Minister Rishi (Chunak) in Great Britain that we are working on an alliance of fighter jets – training, flight, results,” Zelensky said in his evening video speech on the results of his trip on Tuesday. to Europe.

During visits to Italy, Germany, France and Great Britain in the past few days, Zelenskyj has asked for extensive new military aid and support for the establishment of a “fighter alliance”. After his meeting with Sunak on Monday, Zelenskyj was already optimistic about this.

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So far, NATO countries have been unwilling to meet Kiev’s demand for modern Western fighter jets. Sunak and Rutte now want to work “to build an international alliance to provide fighter jet capabilities to Ukraine and support them with everything from training to buying F16 jets,” a government spokesman in London said. In Reykjavik, Sunak reiterated his belief that “Ukraine’s rightful place is in NATO.”

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Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholes (SPD), French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will also participate in the summit in Iceland. Selenskyj must be connected via video.

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