Key developments on July 31:
- First F-16 fighter jets arrive in Ukraine, Bloomberg reports
- Ukraine downs all 89 Russian drones launched in mass attack
- Russia used new ‘distracting’ drone type during recent attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says
- Ukrainian Navy claims attack on Russian weapons depot near Kursk
- Azov soldier Oleksandr Ishchenko dies in Russian captivity, Ukraine’s Ombudsman says
Ukraine has received the first batch of fourth-generation U.S.-made F-16 jets, Bloomberg reported on July 31, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
The news comes a year after the allied “fighter jet coalition” took shape at the Vilnius NATO summit under the Danish and Dutch leadership.
The deadline for the transfer of F-16s was late July, the sources told Bloomberg. Ukraine received “a…
