Ukraine Recap: Netherlands, Denmark Can Send F-16s After US Nod

All four Moscow-area airports were briefly closed early Friday and planes diverted as air defense repelled a drone, according to Russia’s aviation watchdog. The UAV was taken down and fell on what was described as a non-residential building a few miles from the Kremlin. Moscow’s mayor reported no casualties and no significant damage. Ukraine hasn’t commented.

(Bloomberg) — All four Moscow-area airports were briefly closed early Friday and planes diverted as air defense repelled a drone, according to Russia’s aviation watchdog. The UAV was taken down and fell on what was described as a non-residential building a few miles from the Kremlin. Moscow’s mayor reported no casualties and no significant damage. Ukraine hasn’t commented. 

Denmark and the Netherlands said they’ve received US approve to send their F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine as soon as pilots there have been trained on the advanced aircraft, which Kyiv sees as a key element in its counteroffensive against Russia’s 18-month invasion. The New York Times reported on Thursday that a Ukrainian air force spokesman said the advanced planes won’t arrive this year.  

Romania and Ukraine signed an agreement aimed at increasing trade and traffic between the two countries work toward a pledge to double the quantity of Ukrainian grains transited through Romania, Premier Marcel Ciolacu said. The first trade ship to leave Ukraine’s seaports since the collapse of a safe-corridor grain deal with Russia reached Istanbul; it’s unclear if other vessels will follow soon via the temporary Black Sea route established by Kyiv in a bid to keep exports moving.  

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Wheat prices rose overnight following a report that a Ukrainian sea drone attempted to attack two Russian warships in the Black Sea.

Futures in Chicago climbed as much as 2.1% before paring some gains. The Ukrainian drone tried to attack the ships southwest of Sevastopol in Crimea but was destroyed, state-run news service Itar-Tass said, citing comments to reporters from the Russian defense ministry.

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