Kuleba spoke to his Dutch counterpart: thanked him for Leopard 1 tanks and raised issue of F-16 jets

Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, had a telephone conversation with Wopke Hoekstra, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, during which they discussed, among other things, the possibility of supplying Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets. 

Source: Kuleba on Twitter; Hoekstra on Twitter; European Pravda

Dmytro Kuleba stated that they coordinated further steps in the international arena before the one-year mark of the full-scale invasion. 

I spoke to @WBHoekstra to coordinate our international steps as Russia's full-scale invasion nears its one-year mark. I thanked for the latest decision on tanks. I also raised the issue of F-16s. We continue our dialogue with the Netherlands and others regarding combat aircraft.

— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) February 8, 2023

"I thanked for the latest decision on tanks. I also raised the issue of F-16s. We continue our dialogue with the Netherlands and others regarding combat aircraft," Kuleba said. 

Wopke Hoekstra stated that the Netherlands’ support of Ukraine will remain unwavering and will last as long as necessary. 

"This includes financial, humanitarian, and military support, as exemplified by yesterday’s decision to supply Ukraine with Leopard-1A5 battle tanks in cooperation with Germany and Denmark," Hoekstra wrote on Twitter.

As we are approaching one year since Russia’s unprovoked and illegal invasion, our support for #Ukraine remains ironclad. In our phone call today, I reaffirmed to my dear friend @DmytroKuleba that the Netherlands is committed to help the Ukrainians for as long as it takes. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/6WJVjbdlbM

— Wopke Hoekstra (@WBHoekstra) February 8, 2023

Wopke Hoekstra added that they also discussed the mechanisms of bringing Russia to justice for the crimes of aggression and war crimes in the context of further meetings of the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council.

Earlier, Mark Rutte, the Dutch Prime Minister, said that the Netherlands is ready to consider Ukraine's request for the supply of F-16 fighter jets, but so far no such request has been received.

The Dutch Minister of Defence reported that the cost of military aid provided to Ukraine already exceeds one billion euros.

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