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Dutch Could Provide F-16s; Def. Contact Group Meets To Decide On Tanks

UKRAINE

Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra has stated that the Netherlands could be open to supplying Ukraine with F=16 fighter jets if requested by Kyiv. Hoekstra stated in ta presser that “We are open-minded, there are 'no taboos.”

  • Comes as officials from dozens of Ukrainian allies will meet at the Ramstein air base in Germany for a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group. The German gov't remains under significant pressure to begin sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine as well as allow other allies to do the same. Yesterday, comments hit wires from German officials suggesting that they had not had any official requests from allies to provide Leopard 2's to Kyiv.
  • Earlier this week, MNI's Political Risk team outlined the main aims and potential outcomes of the meeting, see PDF below:

MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS – Ukraine Contact Group Meeting To Set New Parameters For Western Aid To Ukraine.pdf

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