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.

  • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    Europe in general is a fucking shit show. Every 4th of May we remember the dead from the second World War and any war after that. “We need to remember, so it will never happen again.” Europe is going further and further extreme right, supporting genocide of a Palestinian ghetto, voting for people shouting 30s Germany slogans. Just go drop them nukes please, first one right in top of my head, please and thank you. I don’t want to live in this fucked up world anymore.