Volodymyr Zelensky hails ‘historic’ decision by Netherlands and Denmark to deliver F-16s to Kyiv

Cover image: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference at Skrydstrup Air Base in Vojens, Denmark, August 20, 2023. Mads Claus Rasmussen/AP

  • The Netherlands and Denmark will deliver F-16 planes to Ukraine, said Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Volodymyr Zelensky, who visited the two countries on Sunday, welcomed a decision “historical”. If the Netherlands did not specify the number of planes that they were going to supply to the Ukrainians, the Danish Prime Minister has announced that her country will deliver nineteen aircraft between the New Year period and the year 2025.
  • Russian strikes on the town of Kozatske, in the Kherson oblast, in southern Ukraine, left one dead on Sunday and injured two women – the life of one of them is in danger -, reported the governor, Oleksandr Prokudin.
  • Shelling in downtown Kupyansk, Kharkiv Oblast, injured 11including seven serious, early Sunday afternoon.
  • The Russian army said it foiled a Ukrainian drone attack targeting Moscow and its region, Sunday morning. This is the second in two days.
  • A drone attack left five injured on Sunday morning in the city of Kurskin western Russia, about 150 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

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