Luxembourg has joined an aviation coalition, within which Ukraine will receive F-16 fighter jets from Western partners.

The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal announced this.

On Monday, January 29, he held an online conversation with his counterpart, Luc Frieden.

Denys Shmyhal expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister of Luxembourg for his leadership in creating the IT coalition and for joining the F-16 coalition.

The officials also discussed the implementation of joint agreements reached during the meeting between the Prime Minister of Luxembourg Luc Frieden and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Davos.

As part of joint efforts of the International Aviation Coalition, led by Denmark and the Netherlands, each country makes its own contribution.

Some countries, in particular, have pledged to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets free of charge. This also includes training pilots and ground personnel to maintain these fighter jets.

The aviation coalition includes: Belgium, Great Britain, Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Luxembourg, Canada, Poland, Romania, the USA, the Czech Republic, France and Sweden.

Currently, Ukrainian military pilots and maintenance personnel are undergoing training, in particular in Denmark.

At the beginning of January this year, the Norwegian Air Force delivered two F-16 fighter jets to Denmark for training Ukrainian pilots.

Belgium will also send two F-16 fighter jets and about fifty personnel to Denmark between March and September for training Ukrainian pilots.

Ukrainian pilots are being or will be trained in the USA, Romania, Denmark, France and the UK.