The pledge comes on top of an earlier promise to send Ukraine 18 fighters.

The Dutch government today said it would send Ukraine six additional F-16 fighter jets after cancelling the planned sale of the aircraft to a private contractor, said Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren.

        • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
          31·
          9 months ago

          Just to translate for my countryman /u/omgarm:

          ‘I won’t tolerate this. I’ll see you after school behind the bicycle parking… or else.’

          Being a quintessentially Dutch high school type of inviting you to fisticuffs. And also our most severe declaration of war since the trema/umlaut war with Germany.

            • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
              2·
              9 months ago

              Horrible language still tho ;)

              Yeah not the most aesthetically pleasing, for sure, however it has its good sides, just like Swahili.

              It’s main point is to confuse English speakers who try to learn German and to provoke the German extreme right by using guttural sounds that are only common in Hebrew.

              However we’re the most prolific communicators in foreign languages because of our communal minority complex, so we’ve got that going for us.

              • JustUseMint@lemmy.worldEnglish
                4·
                9 months ago

                How’s the old saying?

                You speak English because it’s all you know

                I speak English because it’s all you know

                Haha

      • JustUseMint@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        9 months ago

        I’m not watching that shit if they’re speaking D*tch

        To whom’s’t ever downvoted me, chill, try not to take everything so seriously, it’s not good for you. Everything I’ve been saying is In jest/tongue in cheek.

  • qaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    So I guess that means Ollongren gave them a “functie elders”.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    The Dutch government today said it would send Ukraine six additional F-16 fighter jets after cancelling the planned sale of the aircraft to a private contractor, said Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren.

    “The Netherlands Ministry of Defence is readying six additional F-16 fighter aircraft for delivery to Ukraine,” Ollongren said on social media, adding that those will come in addition to the 18 already pledged.

    “Ukraine’s 's aerial superiority is essential for countering Russian aggression,” the minister said.

    In a statement, the ministry said that the planned sale of the six jets to private military aircraft operator Draken International had been cancelled, allowing the government to make the extra pledge to Kyiv.

    “The Netherlands has stopped discussions about the possible sale of 6 F-16 fighter aircraft,” said the statement.

    Ollongren had previously said the plan was to dispatch the first F-16s to Ukraine this year, once pilot training at a facility in Romania had been completed.

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