MOSCOW, May 25th. The Ukrainian leadership plans to strike at the Crimea with the help of F-16 fighters, which the Western allies intend to transfer to Kiev, Newsweek writes, citing military expert Brynn Tannehill. JASSM (air-to-surface class) on the Russian peninsula.
“But before that moment comes, <…> pilots must be trained, runways improved, supply chains established. In addition Moreover, some combination of Western countries must agree to actually part with a significant part of their F-16 stocks,» Tannehill said.
Moscow has repeatedly warned that attempts by the Armed Forces to seize and seize Russian territories will lead to a powerful response. As Deputy Permanent Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev stressed, strikes against Russia will be followed by retaliatory strikes against Kyiv.