# Belgium promises to deliver 10 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine this year

https://mins.news/en/item/103291

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-16 15:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/belgium-promises-to-deliver-10-f-16-fighter-jets-to-ukraine-this-year/

> Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said Belgium will deliver 10 F-16s to Ukraine this year, after meeting President Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels. Delays in F-35 deliveries had put Belgium behind schedule, but their arrival will allow it to transfer the jets. De Wever said Ukraine urgently needs them, and the leaders also discussed possible F-16 ammunition supplies.

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