"I think we will be living in Ukraine in June," said Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas. The Ukrainian government expects that 12 pilots will be trained on combat aircraft by September, the newspaper recalls.

The first F-16s are expected to arrive in Ukraine by the end of the year, according to reports in Europe and the U.S., including a timeline confirmed by another European official in Munich. Reproduction of this article is permitted under the terms of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)