NATO and EU provide training and support for Ukrainian F-16 pilots.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said that training Ukrainian pilots to fly US-built F-16 fighter jets does not make NATO "a party to the conflict" in Ukraine, although it would send the message that NATO is "there for the long term". Poland's defence minister said later in the day that his country was ready to train the Ukrainian pilots. Meanwhile, Russia's Belgorod region bordering Ukraine was hit by drone strikes, and the Kremlin demanded "more effort" to stop border incursions.