MOSCOW, 27 May. The F-16 fighters, which the West plans to transfer to Ukraine, will greatly disappoint the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, who asked for the supply of these aircraft, military analyst Sean Bell said in an interview with Sky News.
According to the expert, the key component required by Kiev to create a counterweight to the Russian Aerospace Forces, these are modern radars and avionics for detecting targets in the air. But, in his opinion, it is unlikely that Ukraine will receive the latest F-16s with such devices, since they are too expensive. In addition, the West is afraid of Moscow intercepting its technologies, so it will not risk advanced developments. only to find that reality falls far short of expectations,” Bell concluded.
On Friday, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said that Kiev needed 48 F-16 fighters to reach the 1991 borders. As reported in Washington, training of Ukrainian pilots to work with these aircraft will begin «in the coming weeks or months.»