Portugal will not send F-16 fighters to Ukraine, as it needs these planes itself. This was stated by Foreign Minister Joan Gomes Carvinho.
“We have fighter jets that we need to fulfill our national obligations, as well as our NATO obligations, so right now there’s no talk of sending F-16s to Ukraine,” he said. the diplomat to the newspaper Diario de Noticias.
Nevertheless, Carvinho stressed that Portugal was ready to train Ukrainian pilots to fly the F-16.
Earlier, the Danish Foreign Ministry announced that Ukraine would not receive the F-16 for free.
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Washington has not yet made a final decision on whether to transfer the F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine or whether their European Union allies will.
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