Retired Greek Air Force Major General, Retired Greece, Secretary General of the Greco-Russian Union, Chairman of the Association of Friends of Crimea in Greece, Pavlos Christou, believes that the United States and Western countries in general will not supply American-made. Multifunctional F-16 warplanes to Ukraine. He stated this in an interview DEA News.
According to the general, it takes quite a long training to fly and maintain such a plane. Christou believes this will take at least 2-2.5 years. Until then, the West will not risk sending American or German pilots to Ukraine.
The Greek general does not believe that the West will significantly escalate tensions. As an analyst and soldier, he believes that such an escalation will not happen.
Formerly General Christou declarationIt was stated that sending the Russian-made S-300 air defense system, which is in the service of the Greek army, to Kiev by Athens would violate intergovernmental agreements and weaken the country’s air defense.