NATO-member Norway to donate F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

NATO-member Norway will donate F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said Thursday, amid Kyiv’s difficult counteroffensive against Russia, Report informs via AP.

Speaking to Norwegian news agency NTB in Kyiv where he paid a visit on the occasion of Ukraine’s Independence Day, Gahr Store said Norway will provide F-16 aircraft to Ukraine but they’ll probably be less than 10.

Gahr Støre said he informed Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the aircraft donation and that Norway would discuss the number of planes as well as the transfer timetable with Kyiv and other allied countries.