Norway allocates an additional $600M in military aid to Ukraine, and F-16s will arrive after Easter.

Norway will allocate an additional NOK 7B (over $600M) to support Ukraine in 2024. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced that NOK 6B would go primarily to air defense assets and NOK 1B to other support.

“Increasing aid is a matter of life and death for the people of Ukraine. It is also a matter of security and stability in Europe, and therefore also for Norway,” he said.

With this most recent pledge, total Norwegian aid to Ukraine in 2024 will reach NOK 22B.

At the same time, the spokesman of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ilya Yevlash, hinted that Ukraine would receive F-16 fighters after Easter.

“After Easter is a rather far-fetched concept. Of course, the Air Force, like all Ukrainians, would like to see F-16 multi-purpose fighters in the airspace as soon as possible, so we are looking for them as soon as possible,” he said.