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F-16 fighter aircraft will be flying over Ukraine this summer, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday as the 75th NATO’s summit got underway.

The fighters will be coming from the Netherlands and Denmark, Blinken said. On the ground, new Patriot and tactical air defense systems will be in place to protect cities and critical infrastructure like power plants, he added.

Air defense systems have been a priority since Russia has ramped up missile and aerial drone attacks on Ukrainian civilian targets, Blinken said while speaking at the NATO Public Forum. Several times during the discussion, Blinken mentioned this week’s cruise missile attack on a Kyiv children’s hospital that killed at least 31 people.

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