Zelenskyy visits Netherlands, Denmark; hails 'historic' agreement of F-16 aircrafts

Kyiv has urgently been calling on its Western allies to provide F-16jets, as its slow-moving counter-offensive is hampered by Russian air superiority

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed the "historic" supply of F-16 aircraft by the Netherlands and Denmark which is expected to help Kyiv's counteroffensive against Moscow, CNN reported on Sunday.

The Netherlands and Denmark will be providing Ukraine with long-anticipated F-16 aircraft after the US approved sending the aircraft to Kyiv allowing Ukrainian pilots to begin training on the fighter jets.

F-16s are single-engine, multi-role jet aircraft, meaning they can be used in air-to-air or ground-attack missions.

Notably, Kyiv has urgently been calling on its Western allies to provide F-16 jets, as its slow-moving counteroffensive is hampered by Russian air superiority, according to CNN.

Speaking at a joint press conference with Zelenskyy at Eindhoven airport in the Netherlands, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that his country would "commit to delivering F-16 aircraft to Ukraine once the conditions for such a transfer have been met."

Zelenskyy hailed the agreement as "historic" and "the most important" one yet.