Greece offers to provide F-16 pilot training to Ukraine

"Greece will participate in training Ukrainian pilots to operate F-16s. Thank you for this offer," said Mr. Zelenskyy during an official visit to Athens.

Kiev has welcomed a US decision to allow Denmark and the Netherlands to deliver F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine last week, after its pilots were trained to use them.

Training, conducted by an 11-nation alliance, will begin this month and officials hope the pilots will be ready by early 2024.

Greece has provided humanitarian aid and weapons including infantry fighting vehicles, Kalashnikov assault rifles, launchers and ammunition to Ukraine since the conflict broke out.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday that Greece would "support the reconstruction and rebuilding" of Ukraine, "especially Odesa".

The Ukrainian port city of Odessa was the birthplace of a secret Greek revolutionary organization in the 19th century that helped spark the 1821 revolution.

Greece has also offered to rebuild a maternity hospital in Mariupol that was shelled last year. Mr Zelenskyy has previously visited Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark.

Trung Kien (according to Reuters)

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/hy-lap-de-nghi-dao-tao-phi-cong-f-16-cho-ukraine-post261452.html