UK and Netherlands to help Ukraine procure US F-16 jets

Prime minister Rishi Sunak and Dutch leader Mark Rutte have agreed to build an “international coalition” to help procure F-16 fighter jets for Ukraine, the British government has announced. A Downing Street spokesperson said Sunak and Rutte “would work to build an international coalition to provide Ukraine with combat air capabilities, supporting with everything from training to procuring F-16 jets”. Comment: An ‘international coalition’ of whom, exactly? Is this similar to the ‘international community’ sanctioning Russia?Bearing in mind that even those nations enforcing the sanctions are still buying Russia products via intermediaries, or being granted exemptions for certain critical items, or, like the US, they avoid adding them to the sanctions regime entirely: US splurges $1 billion on Russian uranium despite sanctions war “The prime minister reiterated his belief that Ukraine’s rightful place is in Nato and the leaders agreed on the importance of allies providing long-term…