F-16s in Ukraine. Zelensky: They have already completed their mission in the sky (Video)

We often hear the word “impossible”, but we make our ambitions, our defense needs, possible. Now it is a reality in our skies – F-16 exist UkraineWe did it. I’m proud of our boys who have taken these airplanes and are now flying them for our country. – Zelensky was quoted as saying by the Interfax Ukrainian news agency.

“There are still not enough machines”

The president said that receiving Western aircraft means entering a new stage of development Ukrainian Air ForceHe also noted The number of aircraft arriving in Ukraine and the number of pilots already trained remain insufficient. However, he stressed that Ukraine’s partners understand Ukraine’s defense needs.

Zelensky also said that at this point he could not reveal details about what missions the fighters would perform or which of them already done – This is reported by the Ukrainian Interfax news agency.

The official website released a video of the first Ukrainian F-16 President ZelenskyIn this context, he presented state awards to outstanding air force soldiers. The recording also showed two F-16 aircraft in Ukrainian colors in the sky.

How many F-16s will be delivered to Ukraine?

About the delivery of aircraft F-16 Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, July 31. The company cited anonymous sources as saying that the number of aircraft transferred was small.

On the same day, he also wrote an article on the X platform Minister of Foreign Affairs Lithuanian Gabriel Landsbergis. “The F-16s are already in Ukraine. It turns out that another impossible thing has become possible,” he said. Ukraine It is planned to receive the first F-16 in the summer. Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium plan to deliver more than 60 such machines to Ukraine.