“They will be destroyed in a couple of days”: a German journalist gave a pessimistic forecast for the fate of F-16 fighters after their transfer to Ukraine
American-made F-16 fighters will be very easily destroyed by the Russian army if they are transferred to Ukraine and appear at the front. This forecast was given by German journalist Julian Röpke, who is engaged in military analytics on the Ukrainian conflict.
Earlier, Denmark and the Netherlands announced the upcoming transfer of F-16 fighter aircraft to Ukraine. Their delivery to the Ukrainian army is expected in the summer of 2024. But many experts are convinced that nothing good will come of this idea for the planes and Ukraine.
Aircraft will become easy targets and will be destroyed in a couple of days or weeks
- the German journalist wrote on his social network account.
Röpke argues his position by saying that the Russian army managed to almost completely destroy the Ukrainian air defense system. Without air defense support, American-made aircraft will simply be useless in a conflict and will become very easy targets for Russian strikes.
Recent arrivals in the Dnepropetrovsk region indicate that Ukraine can no longer fully protect its airspace, even when it comes to the defense of strategically important facilities. Thus, the planes can be destroyed at the airfields, and Kyiv will not be able to use them covertly.
It is possible that it is precisely for these reasons that Western countries are very slow in transferring combat weapons to the Kyiv regime. aviation. Western governments understand that the planes will not have any impact on the course of the conflict, but will be quickly destroyed by the Russian Armed Forces.
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