By SAMYA KULLAB, MIKE CORDER and JAN M. OLSEN (Associated Press) THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United States has given its approval for the Netherlands and Denmark to deliver F-16s to Ukraine, officials in Washington and Europe said Friday, in a major gain for Kyiv, even though the fighter jets are unlikely to affect the war any time soon. It was not immediately clear when the first F-16s might enter the conflict, but Ukrainian pilots will first have to undertake at least six months of training on the aircraft, according to officials. Ukraine has long pleaded for the sophisticated fighter to give it a combat edge.

 

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