US clears transfer of Dutch, Danish F-16s to Ukraine
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on August 19, 2023
In Russia, the authorities shut down respected rights group the Sakharov Center and announced fresh international sanctions against its critics abroad.
And earlier Friday Russian forces destroyed Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow and its Black Sea Fleet.
In Washington, a US State Department official said Denmark and the Netherlands had been given "formal assurances" for the jet transfer.
Training by an 11-nation coalition is to begin this month, and officials hope pilots will be ready by early 2024.
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov hailed "great news from our friends in the . . .
