The Netherlands has lifted restrictions on Ukraine's strikes on military targets inside Russia with F-16 fighter jets, which the Dutch intend to provide to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
This is reported by Politico.
Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren confirmed that the 24 F-16 fighter jets that the Netherlands plans to provide to Ukraine can be used to strike targets located in Russia. She said in an interview, noting the following:
"We are applying the same principle that we have applied to every other delivery of capabilities, which is once we hand it over to Ukraine, it’s theirs to use."
She only emphasized that Ukraine is committed to complying to international law and the right to self-defense.
"We only ask them to comply to international law and the right to self-defense as stated in the U.N. Charter, which means they use it to target the military goals they need to target in their self-defense," Ollongren said.
It is mentioned that the Netherlands, unlike Belgium, which restricted the use of F-16s only in the airspace of Ukraine, will not support the decision on restrictions.
Earlier, we reported that Belgium did not allow to strike Russia with it's F-16s.