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3/22/2024 2:06:56 PM

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Ukraine Moves a Step Closer to F-16s as Kyiv's 'Top Guns' Graduate (newsweek.com)

A batch of Ukrainian future F-16 fighter pilots have graduated from a British military flight school, putting them one step closer to flying the U.S.-made jets that Kyiv has so long advocated for.

The British Defense Ministry announced on Friday that the first 10 Ukrainian pilots to have undertaken "intensive training" with Royal Air Force instructors had graduated from flight school and will now proceed to an advanced flight training program provided by the French air force. After that, the pilots will be instructed on F-16s
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The U.K. is one member of the Air Capability Coalition—a grouping co-led by the U.S., Denmark and the Netherlands—which is preparing Ukrainian pilots and support personnel to operate F-16s.

The coalition is due to deliver the first batch of combat jets to Ukraine by summer 2024, though the delivery schedule has been repeatedly extended amid political and logistical wrangling.
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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (1448195)	3/22/2024 2:08:02 PM
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Russia Accidentally Sank Own Ship During Baltic Navy Drills (newsweek.com) Russia has accidentally sunk one of its own ships with a missile during naval drills off the coast of the Kaliningrad region, killing three crew members and injuring four others, according to local media reports. During a Baltic Fleet exercise on March 19, a missile mistakenly blew up the trawler Captain Lobanov, independent television channel TV Rain (Dozhd) reported, citing a relative of one of the crew members. Three crew members were killed, four more were wounded, and the captain's cabin was destroyed, the source said. ..............

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (1448195)	3/22/2024 2:08:28 PM
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Russia's Top Trade Ally Delivers Surprise Blow to Putin's Fleet (newsweek.com) Reliance Industries, the Indian operator of the world's largest refining complex, will not buy oil loaded onto tankers of Russia's biggest shipping company, a report says, in the latest blow to Moscow's efforts to sell its vital export. Following Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, U.S-led sanctions have sought to isolate the Russian economy and restrict funds for its war effort. In February, the U.S. sanctioned Sovcomflot and 14 crude-oil tankers involved in transportation of the product. .............