‘Exactly what we need’: Ukraine continues to hope for supplies of US F-16 fighter jets to defend against Russian aggression
According to the Ministry of Defense in Kiev, Ukraine expects 48 F-16 fighter jets to free itself from the Russian occupation.
“Four squadrons of F-16s (48 aircraft) are just what we need to rid our country of the aggressor,” the ministry said on Twitter. In addition, the agency published a cartoon of a man grating a tower of the Moscow Kremlin on a vegetable grater with blades in the shape of airplanes. Recently, the air force had spoken of dozens of pilots without giving exact numbers.
Ukraine has high hopes for the prospect of US F-16 fighter jets. They would not only strengthen the country’s defense but would also send a strong signal that Russia’s aggression would fail, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday. On the other hand, Russia declared that the fighter jets would become targets for the Russian military. In Moscow it was also said that the aircraft were not decisive for the course of the war.
On the fringes of the G7 summit of leading democratic economic powers last week, US President Joe Biden basically cleared the way for a coalition of allies to deliver F-16 jets to Ukraine. Ukrainian fighter pilots are to be trained on the machines.
Source: Stern
I have been working in the news industry for over 6 years, first as a reporter and now as an editor. I have covered politics extensively, and my work has appeared in major newspapers and online news outlets around the world. In addition to my writing, I also contribute regularly to 24 Hours World.
