KYIV, Aug 5 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed on Sunday, August 4, the transfer of Western F-16 fighter jets from Denmark, the Netherlands, and the United States to Ukraine, adding that Ukrainian pilots "have already started to use these fighter jets for the country."

"We have often heard the word 'impossible' in response, but we have made possible what was our ambition, our defense need, and now it is actually a reality, a reality in our skies. F-16s are in Ukraine. We made it happen. I am proud of our guys who are mastering these jets and have already started using them for our country," he told a press conference on the occasion of Ukrainian Air Force Day on August 4.