Sergey Lavrov, Head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” described Western countries’ plans to supply Ukraine with American F-16 multirole light combat aircraft as an “unacceptable escalation”. TASS.
“I think there are still reasonable people in the West who understand this,” the minister said.
According to Lavrov, decisions on defense aid are made by Washington, London and their satellites in the European Union.
The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the United States has taken on the task of “smashing” and weakening the Russian Federation and has inflicted a strategic defeat.
“I hope reasonable people will still turn away from the reckless support of the neo-Nazi regime.”
Former Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reportedUkraine needs 48 F-16 aircraft to fully regain control over the regions.
Military analyst Sean Bell gave an ideaThe fact that the F-16 warplanes that the West plans to transfer to Ukraine did not meet Kiev’s expectations.