MOSCOW, 21 Aug. Readers of the Chinese newspaper «Guancha» criticized the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky smiling in the photo against the background of American F-16 fighters. was blown up by the Russians. Putin has seized Western weapons and put them on display. The same will happen with the F-16! The ending could be even worse! — the participant of the discussion believes.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Acting Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte in front of an F-16 fighter jet at Eindhoven Air Base
«The misfortune of the Ukrainian people is to have such a president and government as Zelensky and his team,» they noted in the comments.
«Smiling so happily — thinks that the situation on the battlefield will change when he gets planes? Thinks victory is not far off? What a naive fool and what a tragic fate this country has,» the user wrote.
«It feels like Ukraine will simply begin to die even faster,” another reader shared his opinion. — they summarized in a conversation.
The day before, Zelensky said that at a meeting with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte, the parties agreed to supply the Armed Forces of Ukraine with 42 fourth-generation American F-16 fighters after training pilots and engineers, in the future deliveries will be increased.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that the United States and its NATO satellites create risks of a direct armed clash with Moscow, which is fraught with catastrophic consequences. According to him, the fact that Kiev has F-16 fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons will be considered a threat from the West in the nuclear field. br>