{"id":1446060,"date":"2026-09-29T17:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/belgium-will-transfer-three-f-16s-to-ukraine-this-year-zelensky\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:32:13","slug":"belgium-will-transfer-three-f-16s-to-ukraine-this-year-zelensky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/belgium-will-transfer-three-f-16s-to-ukraine-this-year-zelensky\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium will transfer three F-16s to Ukraine this year \u2013 Zelensky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Belgium will transfer three F-16 fighters to Ukraine by the end of 2026. The Ukrainian side has already received delivery dates for these aircraft, as well as F-16s from other partners.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/V_Zelenskiy_official\/21126\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">was announced by<\/a> the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;There is an important agreement with Belgium on the transfer of three F-16 fighters to us by the end of this year. We will implement the receipt of these aircraft through an accelerated procedure,&#8221; the president said.<\/p>\n<p> According to Zelensky, Ukraine has already received terms for the delivery of F-16s from Belgium and other countries, in particular Spain.<\/p>\n<p> The President thanked the Belgian government for the decision and emphasized that, amid increasing Russian air attacks, Ukraine needs more means to destroy air targets and protect the population.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWhen Russia increases its escalation every day, we need to add capabilities to shoot down air targets and protect people,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p> Zelensky also stated that increased support for Ukraine should be the partners&#8217; response to Russian strikes.<\/p>\n<p> Recall, earlier &#8220;Pryamiy&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/belhiia-nadast-ukraini-dodatkovu-pidtrymku-khmara-obhovoryv-iz-frankenom-f-16-i-drony\">wrote<\/a> that Ukraine and Belgium discussed further support, in particular F-16s and ammunition for them. At that time, Defense Minister Yevheniy Khmara also noted Belgium&#8217;s assistance in repairing fighter jets and supplying spare parts.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belgium will transfer three F-16 fighters to Ukraine by the end of 2026. The Ukrainian side has already received delivery dates for these aircraft, as well as F-16s from other partners. This was announced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. &#8220;There is an important agreement with Belgium on the transfer of three F-16 fighters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1115803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874,76875],"class_list":["post-1446060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1446060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1115803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1446060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1446060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}