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LIVE: Belgium Pledges 30 F-16 Fighter Jets With Near €1bn in Military Aid To Ukraine | Russia Ukraine War | CNBC TV18 Ukraine and Belgium on Tuesday struck a bilateral security agreement including the delivery of 30 F-16 fighter jets, signed during a Brussels meeting between Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Belgian prime minister Alexander De Croo. “The document includes at least 977 million euros in Belgian military aid to Ukraine this year, as well as Belgium’s commitment to providing support over the course of the agreement’s ten-year term,” Zelenskiy said in a social media post. Belgium has pledged to send 30 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by 2028, with the first deliveries scheduled to arrive later this year, as the two countries signed a ten-year security and support pact. At a press conference in Brussels Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the delivery of the jets in 2024 would “make our stance stronger” but voiced frustration with western allies’ restrictions to stop weapons