More details have emerged on the news that the Netherlands and Denmark will supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
Denmark will deliver 19 jets in total, with the first six due to be shipped to Ukraine around new year, Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen said this afternoon.
A further eight will be supplied next year, followed by five in 2025, she added.
The comments came as Frederiksen held a joint press conference with Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Skrydstrup airbase in Denmark.
“We know that your freedom is our freedom. We also know that you need more weapons,” Frederiksen told him.
“This is why we are announcing that we are donating 19 F-16 fighter jets.”
The Netherlands has 42 F-16s available, but has yet to decide whether all of them will be donated, Dutch premier Mark Rutte said earlier.
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy is in Denmark, having landed at Skrydstrup airbase in Vojens at around 4.30pm (1430 GMT).
He was greeted by Danish PM Mette Frederiksen, foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and defence minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen.
The visit will see them examine the F-16s and talk about the start of Ukrainian pilot training, the Danish premier’s office said.
“Denmark fully supports Ukraine and is ready” to do so “for as long as necessary”, Frederiksen said in a statement ahead of Zelenskiy’s arrival and a joint press conference later on Sunday.
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