The Polish government confirmed the information that the Ukrainian military began to train on F-16 aircraft on the territory of their country. This is reported by Ukrinform with reference to a source of its own correspondent in the Polish government..

“Yes, it’s true,” the interlocutor said, answering the question whether Poland confirms the words of the High Representative of the European Union Josep Borrell about the start of training pilots from Ukraine on the F-16 in several countries, including Poland.

At the same time, the Polish government noted that they would officially announce the start of the exercises..

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The day before, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, said that he was in favor of sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine as soon as possible, and noted that the exercises of Ukrainian pilots began earlier.

Following US President Joe Biden's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Japan, Washington announced additional aid to meet Kyiv's critical security and defense needs.. The President of the United States also officially announced that the US military will train Ukrainian pilots so that they can work on F-16 fighter jets..

In turn, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that he could not say exactly when and how much Ukraine would receive Western fighters, but added that our country would speed up the process of receiving Western aircraft as much as possible..