MOSCOW, August 2 Russian S-400 air defense systems pose the main threat to F-16 aircraft in Ukraine, Business Insider reports.
“Their main threat is the S-400 long-range surface-to-air missiles and Russian aircraft flying over Russian territory but launching long-range air-to-air missiles into Ukrainian airspace,” the article says.
As journalists pointed out, the new Ukrainian fighter jets will have to fly at very low altitudes to avoid detection by Russian radars.
On Wednesday, Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the with the situation, reported that the first «small» batch of American F-16 fighters transferred by the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance arrived in Ukraine. According to the Times, we are talking about six aircraft.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly emphasized that the United States and its NATO satellites create the risk of a direct armed clash with Moscow, which is fraught with catastrophic consequences. The fact that Kyiv has F-16 fighters capable of carrying nuclear weapons will be viewed by Russia as a threat from the West in the nuclear sphere, the department warned.