Air Force speaker says Ukrainian pilots undergo final stage of F-16s trainings
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Air Force speaker says Ukrainian pilots undergo final stage of F-16s trainings

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Source:  Ukrinform

Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilots studying in Denmark and the USA are already in the final stages of training. They practice shooting down cruise missiles and Shahed kamikaze drones.

What is known about the final stage of training Ukrainian pilots for the F-16

According to Major Ilya Yevlash, the Air Force spokesman, several groups of pilots are currently undergoing training at different stages.

Those who are at the final stage in Denmark and the USA are practicing the tasks they will face in Ukraine. This is the downing of Shahed cruise missiles and kamikaze drones. The terms of completion of training and transfer of fighters have not yet been officially announced.

As for the remaining pilot groups, some are currently taking English courses in Great Britain, and one group in France is learning fighter control systems.

What is known about the training of Ukrainian pilots and the transfer of the F-16

Ukrainian military pilots undergo training in the USA, Britain, France, Denmark, and Romania. In the summer of 2024, Ukraine will have the first six F-16 fighters and 12 trained pilots.

In total, four countries agreed to transfer F-16 fighters to Ukraine: the Netherlands (over 70 jets, some of which are training), Denmark (19 units), as well as Norway and Belgium, which do not declare the exact number of fighters.

The first 10 Ukrainian pilots completed primary flight training in Great Britain at the end of March 2024, and then they went to France.

Zelenskyy said that the Netherlands will provide 42 aircraft. After conditions are met, the planes will be dispatched, providing the necessary infrastructure and completing pilot training.

Arizona National Guard spokeswoman Erin Hannigan announced that the first four Ukrainian pilots plan to complete training on F-16 fighter jets by the summer.

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Elon Musk is obstructing the rescue of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia

Musk continues to undermine US policy and support for Ukraine
Source:  The Mirror

American billionaire and member of the US President's team Elon Musk continues to make massive cuts to US government funding. As a result, the work of the Yale University team that helped rescue hundreds of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia was suspended.

Points of attention

  • Nearly 20,000 children have been abducted by Russia since the 2022 invasion, leading to an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court for Russian individuals involved in the crime.
  • The work of the Humanities Research Laboratory at Yale University, using open-source technology, was instrumental in tracking and rescuing Ukrainian children until Musk's funding cuts.

Musk continues to undermine US policy and support for Ukraine

What is important to understand is that before the billionaire's direct intervention, the US government was actively funding a group of researchers from the Humanities Research Laboratory at Yale University.

It was she who used open-source technology to track children abducted by Russia and shared her findings with Ukrainian authorities to help return them home.

Such successful cooperation has led to the return of hundreds of minor Ukrainians to their homeland — to their families.

However, this work will now be halted amid Elon Musk's recent federal funding cuts.

The Ukrainian government claims that nearly 20,000 children have been abducted by Russia since the invasion in 2022.

What is important to understand is that it was for this crime that the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant in 2023 for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and the Russian Commissioner for Children's Affairs, Maria Lvova-Belova.

To learn more about Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children, watch the Online.UA documentary "A Tortured Childhood":

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