Ukraine Urges Allies for Faster Delivery of F-16s and Patriots: Putin Threatens to Destroy Aircraft in Response

2024-03-28 11:11:00

The Russian president, on the other hand, was more belligerent regarding the possible sending of F-16s promised by the West to Ukraine. For Putin, these deliveries will not change anything on the battlefield because the Russians “will destroy these planes, just as we destroy tanks, armored vehicles and other equipment today.” “If they are sent from airports in third countries, they become legitimate targets for us,” added the Kremlin leader.

“Vladimir Putin is embarrassed because he was contradicted in a pretty terrible way”

As a reminder, Ukraine is asking its Western allies to send it more aid, and faster. But, in Brussels as in Washington, political divisions have hampered the delivery of arms and the sending of funds in recent months.

President Volodymyr Zelensky once again urged Ukraine’s allies to “accelerate the delivery” of F-16 fighter jets and transfer additional Patriot batteries. “There is no rational justification to explain why Patriots, of which there are many around the world, still do not cover the skies of Kharkiv and other cities and towns attacked by Russian terrorists,” he added.

A little earlier, his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kouleba, had relayed the same message. And he assured that the first planes would be delivered in the coming months…

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