Biden sends F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine despite saying this would lead to World War 3 "We welcome Washington's decision to pave the way for sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine."
A US official announced on Thursday that the Biden administration has approved the sending of American F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands. According to Reuters, the US gave official assurances to Denmark and the Netherlands that an expedited approval of transfer requests for F-16 jets to go to Ukraine would be given as soon as pilots are trained. "We welcome Washington's decision to pave the way for sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine," Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said. "Now, we will further discuss the subject with our European partners." Danish defence minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen said on Friday, "The government has said several times that a donation is a natural next step after training. We are discussing it with close allies, and I expect we will soon be able to be more concrete about that." The Danish defence ministry said that a coalition of 11 countries will start training Ukrainian pilots to fly the jets in Denmark later this month. In …