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Could F-16s be a game changer for Ukraine?

by Natalia Chekotun, Liza Pyrozhkova August 29, 2023

Ukraine has been campaigning for F-16 fighter jets since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. But why are the F-16s so significant? Could they dramatically change the course of the war?

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This Week in Ukraine Ep. 22 – F-16s and the irrational politics of military aid

by Anastasiia Lapatina, Oleg Sukhov August 25, 2023

Episode #22 of our weekly video podcast “This Week in Ukraine” is dedicated to F-16 fighter jets and the irrational politics behind Western military aid to Ukraine.

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Reznikov: F-16 training coalition of 11 countries officially formed

by Dinara Khalilova, The Kyiv Independent news desk July 11, 2023

An international coalition to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets has been formed, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on July 11. At the NATO summit in Vilnius, Reznikov signed a memorandum outlining the training terms with 11 coalition members.

F-16s FOR UKRAINE

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American air superiority fighter that Kyiv has requested from its allies since the start of the full-scale invasion. Denmark and the Netherlands founded the "fighter jet coalition" for Ukraine on July 11, 2023 at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania with nine other countries: Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

These countries pledged to help provide Kyiv with F-16s and train Ukrainian pilots and technical staff to operate the jets. Washington gave its approval in August 2023 to the Netherlands and Denmark to donate their F-16s to Ukraine after training was complete, and agreed to start training Ukrainian pilots in Arizona from October 2023.

Kyiv has been promised 79 F-16s from the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Belgium, with the first 20 reportedly scheduled to arrive by the end of 2024. Belgium will supply Ukraine with 30 F-16 fighter jets by 2028.

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3:54 AM

Trump plans appearance with Polish president, claims he will 'probably' meet Zelensky next week.

Foreign leaders, including Zelensky and Polish President Andrzej Duda, are convening in New York City over the next few days for the 79th General Assembly of the United Nations.

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(Updated: September 19, 2024 1:07 am)

Shots fired at Moscow office of Russia's largest online retailer, killing 2, injuring 7.

A shooting at the head office of Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, killed two people and injured at least seven others, Russian state-controlled news agency TASS reported on Sept. 18.

11:02 PM

Field report

‘They attack with quantity:’ With Ukrainian soldiers desperately defending Pokrovsk

11:02 PM

Russian troll farm behind fake story about supposed Harris hit and run incident, Microsoft says.

CBS News previously debunked the story, but Microsoft's report was the first indication that Russia was the source of the false news. The story was initially spread by a website disguised as a local San Francisco media outlet and was replete with an embedded video that Microsoft said used a paid actor.

10:07 PM

Kremlin's war in Ukraine 'a stunning Russian military failure,' British diplomat says.

"At the military level, Ukraine’s effective use of maneuver warfare stands in stark contrast to Russia’s ‘meat grinder’ tactics," Nicholas Aucott said.

9:15 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Drone attack 'wipes Russian weapons depot off the face of the earth,' Kyiv says

8:54 PM

Ukraine's victory plan fully ready, Zelensky says.

"The most important thing now is the determination to implement it," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Sept. 18.

8:26 PM

Ukraine's French Mirage jets will be able to hit ground targets, media reports.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced on June 6 that an unspecified number would be transferred to Ukraine, but did not provide a timeline.

8:16 PM

Drone attack

Arms depot in Russia's Tver Oblast built to withstand nuclear explosion heavily damaged by Ukrainian drones

7:49 PM

Romania urges 'robust' NATO response to airspace violations by Russia.

Speaking at a meeting of the Bucharest Nine (B9) format, Romanian Defense Minister Angel Tilvar called for "enforcing the rotational air defense and integrated anti-missile model as soon as possible."

7:02 PM

Finnish president wants Russia excluded from UN Security Council.

According to Finnish President Alexander Stubb, any council member engaged in an illegal war "such as Russia is in right now in Ukraine" should be suspended.

6:26 PM

State sells iconic Kyiv hotel to Ukrainian businessman for double starting price

6:19 PM

Russia's Kursk counteroffensive halted, Kyiv claims.

"(Russia) tried to attack from the flanks, but they were stopped there," spokesperson Oleksii Dmytrashkivskyi told AFP.

5:42 PM

WSJ estimates of Ukraine's casualties 'exaggerated,' lawmaker believes.

"I think that these are exaggerated data. Definitely... Namely when talking about the recorded number of killed," secretary of the parliamentary defense committee Roman Kostenko said.

5:09 PM

Armenia uncovers alleged coup plot with Russian traces.

Yerevan on Sept. 18 accused five Armenian citizens and two former residents of Nagorno-Karabakh of undergoing military training in Russia in order to stage an armed coup in Armenia.

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African POWs on how they ended up fighting for Russia.

In this exclusive interview, the Kyiv Independent interviews Somali and Sierra Leonean prisoners of war who fought for Russia in its war against Ukraine.

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Opinion: A sober look at the successors of the Russian 'Empire'

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1 dead, 4 injured after Russian attacks in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least four civilians and injured at least 22 over the previous day, regional authorities reported early on Sept. 18.

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Usyk handcuffed in Krakow airport as 'preventative' measure, Polish border guard says.

Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk was detained and briefly handcuffed at Krakow Airport on Sept. 17 as a preventative measure, Polish border guard spokesperson Jacek Michalowski told Polish newspaper Dziennik Polski on Sept. 18.

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IMF reportedly postpones controversial visit to Russia.

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) planned visit to Russia has been "postponed indefinitely," Russian state-controlled news agency TASS reported on Sept. 17.

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Parliament votes to increase state budget by $12 billion for defense expenditures.

Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, voted on Sept. 18 in support of increasing the state budget by Hr 500 billion ($12 billion) to spend on defense and military needs.

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(Updated: September 18, 2024 11:51 am)

Russian weapons depot ‘wiped off the face of the earth’ by Ukrainian drone attack, SBU source claims.

Ukrainian drones successfully targeted a weapons depot in Toropets in Russia's Tver Oblast overnight, a source in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) told the Kyiv Independent on Sept. 18.

10:41 AM

Russian attacks kill 4, injure 22 over past day.

Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least four civilians and injured at least 22 over the past day, regional authorities reported early on Sept. 18.

4:05 PM

(Updated: September 18, 2024 10:00 am)

Ukraine destroys Russian ammunition depots near occupied Mariupol, Navy says.

The strike destroyed both the storage infrastructure and tons of ammunition that Russian troops were stockpiling for use against Ukraine, Ukraine's Navy said.

9:15 AM

(Updated: September 18, 2024 9:28 am)

Civilians evacuated amid drone attack in Russia’s Tver Oblast, Russian governor claims.

Local authorities have partially evacuated residents of Toropets in Russia’s Tver Oblast after a mass drone attack overnight caused a large fire, Tver Oblast Governor Igor Rudenya claimed on Sept. 18.

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