F-16 fighter jets are already in Ukraine and have begun to be used for the state, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
The corresponding video was released by the Office of the President on Sunday, August 4.
Zelenskyy congratulated the Air Force on its professional holiday and officially confirmed Ukraine's receipt of F-16 fighter jets. The President showed the planes, and then their takeoff into the Ukrainian sky.
"F-16 in Ukraine. We have ensured this. I am proud of all our guys who master these planes and have already started using them for our country. I thank our team for this result. I thank all partners who really effectively help with F-16 -16, and to the first states that accepted our request for the provision of aircraft - Denmark, the Netherlands, the United States - and all our partners - we appreciate your support," Zelenskyy said.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on August 4, The Economist reported that the first ten F-16 fighter jets had arrived in Ukraine on July 31.
On July 10, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the Netherlands and Denmark had begun transferring F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
On July 31, the Bloomberg agency reported that the first batch of F-16 fighter jets had arrived in Ukraine.
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