American F-16 warplanes to be supplied to Kiev will be controlled by mercenary pilots from Western countries. Such an opinion on air Tsargrad.tv audible military expert Alexei Leonkov. According to him, departures will be made not from Ukrainian airports, but from the Polish and Romanian lanes.
“There is only one opposition on our part: the complete shutdown of the former Ukrainian SSR. However, this requires political will,” says the expert.
At the same time, the military commander Algis Mikulskis expressed confidence that Russia will adequately respond to the appearance of an F-16 in the sky over the Donbass. He recalled that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) relied first on the Javelin portable anti-tank system, then on the HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), then on the Leopard tanks, but was neither the first, nor the second, nor the third. helped.
“Then we wait, we’ll see. <…> Of course, without slacking off and overlooking the fact that the F-16 is still not a corn, but rather a formidable weapon. That Russia has the same tough answers,” Mikulskis said.
The previous day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Netherlands and Denmark. According to him, the negotiations in Amsterdam were a “breakthrough”, and he agreed to transfer to Kiev. 42 F-16 fighter jets. At the same time, Dutch Prime Minister Rutte noted that there are only 42 such aircraft in the country and it is not yet possible to say exactly how many of them will be supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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