If F-16 warplanes fly over Ukrainian territory, the Russian Armed Forces will shoot them down. This was stated by the head of the Russian delegation, Konstantin Gavrilov, at the negotiations on military security and arms control in Vienna. TASS.
Gavrilov reminded that the F-16 could be a nuclear weapons carrier, so for Russia, the presence of this fighter in the skies of Ukraine is a matter of nuclear security. After the aircraft took off, “we don’t know what it is carrying, a one and a half ton bomb (…) tactical nuclear payload?”
The diplomat reminded of the latest developments expression Russian President Vladimir Putin said, “Small countries should realize what they are playing with.”
3 June Netherlands allowed The use of F-16 warplanes transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in attacks against the Russian Federation. Dutch Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren announced this at the Shangri-La forum in Singapore.
Before that, there was a similar position on the use of the F-16. approved Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lekke Rasmussen. According to him, the Danish parliament made it clear during the debates that attacks on Russian territory were “part of self-defense.”
It was previously known that Belgium. did not allow Kiev will use its F-16s outside Ukraine.
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Source: Gazeta
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