Tokyo stocks retreat amid geopolitical, economic uncertainties
Tokyo stocks retreated on Wednesday as investors grappled with heightened uncertainties surrounding US monetary policy and geopolitical tensions between Ukraine and Russia.
Ukraine will get at least 42 F-16 fighter jets after the end of the training course for pilots, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
“F-16. Breakthrough agreement … Thank you, the Netherlands,” Zelensky wrote in a Telegram post on Sunday after meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at a Dutch military base in Eindhoven, Xinhua news agency reported.
The F-16 fighters will help Ukraine to boost its air defence capabilities, Zelensky said.
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On Saturday, Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that the F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots and support staff has begun.
The training programme will last at least six months, Reznikov said.
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