A first batch of the F-16 fighters the Netherlands donates to Ukraine will arrive at the training center set up in Romania in a fortnight – the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced. In a videoconference with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, the Dutch official said the present situation in the Middle East must not and cannot distract the Netherlands from Ukraine’s fight against the Russian aggression. Reuters recalls that Denmark, Norway and Belgium have pledged F-16 jet fighters to Ukraine. Romania, the Netherlands and the US giant Lockheed Martin on August 29 signed a letter of intention for setting up a center for the training of the F-16 personnel. The aforementioned facility has been designed as a regional center for NATO countries at the air base in Fetesti, southern Romania, which will also benefit the Ukrainian pilots.
