The Daily Populous Monday October 7th, 2024 morning edition
Authored by ukrinform.net and submitted by eaglemaxie

Ukraine has received its first F-16 fighter jets from the Netherlands.

According to Ukrinform, this was announced by the Dutch Minister of Defense, Ruben Brekelmans, on social media platform X.

"For the first time, I can officially announce that the first Dutch F-16s have been delivered to Ukraine," he wrote.

"This is urgently needed. In Kharkiv, I saw the damage from Russian airstrikes and heard frequent air raid alarms. The rest of the 24 jets will follow in the coming months," he added.

As previously reported by Ukrinform, Brekelmans stated that the Netherlands has significant technology and expertise in the field of drones that it can share with Ukraine.

IndistinctChatters on October 6th, 2024 at 23:25 UTC »

Avenge MH17!

skipnw69 on October 6th, 2024 at 22:56 UTC »

I hope that these assets will be useful to Ukraine. It must take an incredible about of training to get their aviators trained up on them.

EmergencyCucumber905 on October 6th, 2024 at 22:37 UTC »

How do F-16's compare to what Russia uses?