Copenhagen will give Ukraine all the agreed 19 F-16 fighter jets -16 and they should be in Ukraine this summer, said the Danish ambassador to Ukraine Ole Egberg Mikkelsen.
In an interview for "We are Ukraine" the diplomat was asked if Ukraine should be concerned by the recent news that Denmark had sold 24 fighter jets of this type to Argentina.
"Don't worry, there will certainly be planes to Ukraine. "That's our entire fleet of F-16s that are now being retired because we're getting a new generation of F-35s," Mikkelsen said.
In his words, part of the fighters will be delivered to Argentina, but Ukraine will receive the agreed number. "There is nothing to worry about. The F-16s will be delivered as promised," he stressed.
Last summer, the country's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced that he would hand over 19 American F-16 fighter jets to the Ukrainian army.
Earlier this year, the Danish Ministry of Defense said the first six fighters would be delivered no earlier than the second quarter of 2024.
Recently it became known that Denmark has signed an agreement to sell 24 of its F-16 fighter jets to Argentina. In return, they will receive new F-35s.