He said that despite the creation of a coalition of countries that are ready to start training Ukrainian pilots, there is no timetable for the training missions and “some partners are putting this off.” His words are quoted by Strana.ua.
kyiv has long been asking the West to hand over F-16 fighter jets. Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, expressed confidence that the planes would arrive before the end of the year.
Russia has strongly protested plans to transfer F-16 fighter jets to kyiv, which are capable of playing the role of nuclear weapons carriers.
Moscow also said that the F-16s would become a legitimate target for Russia if they were delivered to Kiev, and Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the F-16s destroyed by the Americans would burn in the same way that they are already burning. Leopard tanks.
According to Western experts, the Russian military is capable of destroying the F-16 fighter jets that the West can supply to Ukraine overnight.