Ukraine war: Russia claims it brought down 42 drones over Crimea, as US pledges F-16 training
All the latest developments from Ukraine and Russia.
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00:00 The United States has said it will begin to train Ukrainian pilots how to fly F-16 fighter
00:07 jets.
00:08 On Thursday, the Pentagon said they'd begin with English language lessons in September
00:12 and provide in-flight training in October.
00:15 The move comes as Denmark and Netherlands announced they'd send F-16s to Ukraine after Washington
00:22 gave the go-ahead to send third-party fighter jets.
00:25 A Norway's prime minister has agreed to do the same.
00:30 When the United States gave a green light to training of pilots and all the infrastructure
00:37 around, Norway immediately supported that pledge and Norwegian trainers are taking part
00:45 with the other countries working on this together.
00:49 Meanwhile, Ukraine says it has destroyed a Russian surface-to-air missile defence system
00:55 in Crimea.
00:58 And video footage appears to show special forces raising the Ukrainian flag in Russian-annexed
01:03 Crimea following special joint operations in the region.
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