Norway Pledges F-16s to Ukraine as NATO Allies Increase Support Amid Deadly Russian Attack

Norway has pledged to send half a dozen F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. This announcement was made on the sidelines of the Nato summit in Washington, making Norway the fourth country to promise to send the vital weaponry.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere stated that the jets would be delivered later this year, according to the local newspaper Verdens Gang (VG). The total number of F-16s pledged is 86, though they will arrive over several years.

Meanwhile, the White House announced that Nato allies are set to promise a minimum of $40 billion (£31.2 billion) to Ukraine for the next calendar year during the summit in Washington.

This uptick in support comes after Russia launched one of its most fatal attacks across Ukraine on Monday, killing at least 33 in the capital and around a dozen elsewhere.

The Okhmatdyt children's hospital in central Kyiv was among several medical facilities destroyed during that attack.

Local mayor Vitaliy Klitschko told The Independent that the attack showed Russia was guilty of "genocide", while the United Nations refuted claims by Russia that they were not responsible for the attack.