Netherlands allocated additional €1 billion in #MilitaryAid & €400 mil for reconstruction
Netherlands has taken a proactive role in supporting Ukraine, spearheading the #FighterJets coalition and pledging to deliver 24 #F-16 jets to Ukraine.
Zelensky said that the new aid batch was provided in the framework of the 10-year bilateral security agreement between the states, signed on March 1 in Kharkiv.
Kharkiv is under constant Russian strikes. We urgently need additional “Patriot” and other air defense systems to save lives in Kharkiv and other cities. #PatriotsSaveLives
Lacking air defense, #Ukraine is now forced to watch as Russians lay waste to the city of #Kharkiv.
Having destroyed 90% of the electrical and water infrastructure, Putin's army now destroy apartment buildings full of sleeping families every night.
Time was, you saw the fighter jets roaring over your house, you'd pop on over to social media, do a quick search, and find out.
Tried the same today and got
(a) nothing (here)
(b) report from 2023 (Google "news")
(c) "Enjoying the scream of freedom overhead as jets dispatch globalist evil!" (the Bad Place)
So, I'm none the wiser why fighter jets appear to be using my redwoods as the turn point for their sweeps down the valley
#CAIRO — After a long journey from #Gaza, more than 100 American citizens and their families have entered #Egypt through the #RafahCrossing. Jonathan Webster, the #USEmbassy in Cairo's consul general, said some of those families are telling him they ran out of food and water during their journeys. #Israel
The #Pentagon’s costly fleet of #F35#fighterjets can only fly a little over half the time, as #maintenance issues keep the aircraft on the ground despite the growing# reliance on the #planes by the US and its allies.The fleet’s mission-capable rate or the % of time a plane can perform one of its assigned missions was 55 % as of March 2023, far below the Pentagon’s goal of 85 to 90% the GAO report - https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-105341#defense#govdocs
Reports in Sweden say that the country’s government is considering sending Swedish-manufactured Gripen jets to the Ukrainians to aid in their fight against Russia – adding another dimension to Nordic and Baltic involvement in the war.
The internationally renowned Gripen jets have capabilities that Ukraine badly needs in its counteroffensive against Russia.
Norway will become the third country to donate F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. Last week, the Netherlands and Denmark announced that they will donate F-16 aircraft.
The announcement by the NATO member came as Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store was visiting Kyiv. Ukraine has long said the sophisticated fighter jets would give it a combat edge.