Britain and the Netherlands agreed to form an ＂international alliance＂ to help Ukraine purchase F-16 fighters.

　　On May 15th, Ukrainian President Zelensky hinted that Kiev may soon receive F-16 fighter jets. On 16th, the British government announced that its Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte had agreed to establish an "international alliance" to help purchase F-16 fighter jets for Ukraine.

　　F-16 fighter.

　　According to the Guardian reported on May 16th, a Downing Street spokesman issued a statement that day, Sunak and Rutte "will strive to establish an international alliance to provide Ukraine with air combat capability and everything from training to purchasing F-16 jets." The statement said that leaders of all countries agreed that it is of great significance for allies to provide long-term security assistance to Ukraine to ensure that they can contain future attacks.

　　On 15th, Zelensky and Sunak had a one-on-one meeting in Chequers. After the meeting, Zelensky said that they discussed fighter planes and were positive in persuading the United States and other western countries to provide Ukrainian aircraft. He said: "I think you will hear some very important decisions in the near future, but we must do more work for it." According to reports, at the meeting, Britain also promised to provide "hundreds of attack drones."

　　In February this year, Britain said that it would start training Ukrainian pilots with standard NATO technology. On May 15th, Britain reiterated this point, saying that the plan was to help "build a new Ukrainian air force with NATO-standard F-16 fighters".

　　F-16 fighter jets are manufactured by Lockheed Martin, a US defense company. At present, about 3,000 F-16s are in service in 25 countries or regions. On the evening of May 15th, when asked whether the United States changed its position on supplying jets to Ukraine, John Kirby, spokesman of the White House National Security Council, responded: "No."