Ukraine will likely receive it first shipment of advanced F-16s in the next few days, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a phone call as Kyiv seeks to disrupt Russia’s air superiority over Ukrainian skies.

KYIV – Ukraine will likely receive it first shipment of advanced F-16s in the next few days, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a phone call as Kyiv seeks to disrupt Russia’s air superiority over Ukrainian skies amid continued battles on December 23 in the east and south of the country.

“Today, I informed President Zelenskiy of our government’s decision to prepare an initial 18 F-16 fighter aircraft for delivery to Ukraine,” Rutte said late on December 22 in a post on social media platform X.

  • @justavegEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    Scuse my ignorance, but why put ‘won’ in quotes? Did he not actually win?

    • @SMillerNLEnglish
      10•1 year ago

      He’s the head of the biggest party. He didn’t personally win since NL doesn’t vote for heads of state on a personal basis.

    • Hyperreality
      5•1 year ago

      What SMillerNL said. Also: he didn’t gain an absolute majority, and as the Netherlands doesn’t use a first past the post system like the US or UK, he’ll need to form a coalition government to be able to rule the country.