“For the Russian armed forces, fighters participating in the conflict on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, no matter where they fly from, will be a legitimate target for destruction,” she said.
Zakharova noted that given the fact that most of Kyiv’s airfield infrastructure has been destroyed, the use of airfields outside Ukraine is not excluded. The risks of a direct military clash between Russia and NATO are only increasing, she added.
European countries plan to begin transferring F-16s to Kyiv in the first quarter of 2024. At this time, Ukraine hopes to receive 19 aircraft from Denmark. Subsequently, the Netherlands and Belgium also promised to supply aircraft to Kyiv. According to some reports, by 2025 Ukraine may receive at least 61 fighter jets from partners.
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Ukraine is not now, nor will it be in the future, in a position to conduct military operations without Western support, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
ReplyDeleteCommenting on a report in The Washington Post that US and British military officers had held tabletop war games to build Ukraine’s summer counteroffensive, the Russian diplomat said: "There is no doubt that those plans for a counteroffensive or however they call this utter disaster was certainly developed outside of Kiev. For the Kiev regime does not have this capability." "Nor will they have any material base for building certain military and strategic infrastructure to conduct similar military actions in the future," Zakharova insisted as she argued that "all this is being done exclusively by the West."
She reiterated that the Russian Foreign Ministry had repeatedly pointed to Ukrainian forces being directly guided by NATO allies, who provide the Kiev regime with exact coordinates to strike targets with Western-made rockets. "That is, in effect, Ukrainian forces and the Kiev regime have been doing the will of those countries, primarily the United States and Britain, which act as signal callers," the diplomat concluded.