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Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Alexander De Croo sign new security pact.
Ukraine and Belgium have signed a security agreement which includes the delivery of 30 U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, in a move to bolster Kyiv’s defense capabilities against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ongoing invasion.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo agreed on a plan that “includes at least €977 million in Belgian military aid to Ukraine this year,” the Ukranian president announced Tuesday, during a visit to Belgium.
De Croo had already announced last year that Belgium would send F-16s to Ukraine in 2025 — without saying how many. Crucially, he also said at the time that the main condition would be whether the next government also agrees to do so, as Belgium is headed toward an election in June.
Belgium is replacing its F16s with F35s, that’s why the F16s are given to Ukraine. They are essentially written off and already in the process of being replaced.
A friend taught me a long time ago that in Civilization it is good to send your old junk units into war first, because otherwise they’re just sitting around costing maintenance gold.
Guess that’s what Belgium is doing here. Not trying to knock this, of course. I’m sure they’ll be useful.
Yeah was my thought, Belgium is one of many NATO countries getting F-35s makes sense they’d use that picture actually.