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Ukraine is working on obtaining modern fighter jets that will help the armed forces offset Russia’s current superiority in the sky over Ukraine. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said this at a press conference following the meeting with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of Sweden, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "We have no aerial superiority, we have no modern aircraft. The Swedish Gripen is the pride of your state, and I believe that the Prime Minister could share such pride with Ukraine. We are working on it. It is important that we took powerful steps, it is important that now for several…

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that this morning, a military airbase in the Novgorod region was attacked by drones, as a result of which a fire broke out and an unspecified aircraft was damaged. The ministry’s press service reported the news on Telegram, Ukrinform saw. According to the Ministry of Defense, the attack on the military airfield in Novgorod region took place around 10:00. A quadcopter-type drone was involved, the report reads. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out on the tarmac, where one of the parked planes sustained damage. Read also: Russian…

Ukraine attacks only Russian military facilities, and the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant is not one of them. Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, said this on Ukrainian Radio, commenting on Ukraine's alleged plans to blow up the Kursk NPP, Ukrinform reports. "Ukraine has no intention to interfere in the work of objects that they write about on social media, including the Kursk NPP. We attack only military objects, and here we do not have to ask for permission from anyone. We do this using our weapon, which is getting better every day," Danilov said. He…

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra confirmed the approval from the US for sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. “We welcome Washington's decision to pave the way for sending F16 Fighter Jets to Ukraine. Many thanks to US Secretary of State Blinken for the good and swift cooperation. Now, we will further discuss the subject with our European partners,” Hoekstra posted on X. Earlier, Reuters, citing an American official, informed that Washington gave Denmark and the Netherlands official assurances that the United States will expedite approval of transfer requests for F-16s to go to Ukraine when the…

The recent activity of enemy aviation is due to an increase in the number of Russian training flights. Yuriy Ihnat, a spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said this on the air of the nationwide telethon 'United News', an Ukrinform correspondent reported. "The enemy is conducting its training flights, and Ukraine is on air raid alert. Accordingly, the enemy ... knows that we will react to this, that we have restrictive measures in the country, in various institutions and enterprises. That is why they are doing it. There were more takeoffs yesterday," Ihnat said. Read…

In the temporarily occupied Melitopol, explosions were heard in one of the neighborhoods. Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Melitopol, reported this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "In Melitopol, the occupants are restless again. Melitopol residents report hearing explosions near one of the city's neighborhoods, and meanwhile, the railroad at the entrance to Aviamistechko is being inspected by a bomb squad," the mayor wrote. Fedorov added that last night there were also explosions in the temporarily occupied Tokmak and Kyrylivka. Read also: Zelensky visits brigades conducting offensive operations in Melitopol direction No details are available at this time. Earlier, it was reported…

Russian units in the left-bank part of the Kherson region encounter their own mines left over from the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. Natalia Humeniuk, head of the joint press center of the Operational Command South, said this on the air of the telethon 'United News', according to Ukrinform. "On the left bank, they (the occupants - ed.) are still unable to recover from the consequences of the disaster they created. They did not organize minefields, they are now suffering from our counter-battery fight, we are knocking them out ... deeper into the rear so that they stop…

Minister of Defense Jana Cernochova of the Czech Republic suggested that the government send Ukraine its Mi-24 attack helicopters set to be replaced by more modern U.S. helicopters. Cernochova spoke of this possibility at the ceremony of accepting the first American helicopters into service, Ukrinform reports with reference to a post by the head of the Czech Ministry of Defense on X (former Twitter). According to the minister, the Russian Mi-24B/35 helicopters served well, for 45 years longer than expected. "Even if we symbolically say goodbye to them today, the story of the 24s does not end there. We probably…

The United States approved the transfer of F-16 fighter jets from Denmark and the Netherlands to Ukraine immediately after war pilots complete the relevant training course. This was reported by Reuters with reference to an unnamed U.S. official, according to Ukrinform. The source told the agency Washington provided official assurances to Denmark and the Netherlands that the U.S. would expedite the approval of all necessary third-party requests for the transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine once the pilots have been trained. Denmark and the Netherlands, which lead a coalition to train Ukrainian war pilots, recently asked the U.S. to…