As he wrote on his page on the X social network (formerly Twitter, blocked in the Russian Federation), Kyiv’s goal is to create news.
“It’s just a hype from the media,” the director said.
He cited the words of “one of the US military aviation pilots”, who said that training a US pilot to fly a fighter takes about a year. At the same time, Lopatenok noted, it is not known how long it will take to train the Ukrainian army.
In addition, Russian forces control Ukraine’s airspace, so Western planes can be destroyed on takeoff, the director added.
Remember, the day before, Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, in Eindhoven to discuss the supply of F-16 fighter jets to kyiv. After negotiations, the head of Ukraine announced the consent of Amsterdam to provide the Armed Forces with 42 aircraft. Subsequently, the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, reported the transfer of another 16 fighters.
