“NATO countries have provided Ukraine with billions of dollars in aid, from anti-tank weapons to advanced artillery and also tanks, missiles and defense systems. And the F-16s will soon follow,” Geoana said at the session. annual NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Copenhagen.
Geoana did not, however, talk about specific deadlines or reveal whether more countries will join the coalition in the short term to deliver fighters to Kiev, led by Denmark and the Netherlands and which Norway has subsequently joined.
Denmark committed at the end of August to deliver 19 fighters to Ukraine, six already by the end of the year, while Norway has spoken of donating between five and 10.
“We need to make the coalition larger and we need to do it faster. We are working to expand and deepen it, so Ukraine will be able to receive more F-16s,” said Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen today in her speech at the same forum.
Geoana defended that support for Ukraine is “more important than ever” and also mentioned fuel, food and clothing. “Ukraine is pushing forward. Every meter that Ukraine reconquers is a meter that Russia loses. Success is more important than speed “Geana stated about the counteroffensive that Kiev launched in early June.