Moscow
The Russian Security Council’s deputy chairman Dmitry Medvedev weighed in on the West’s decision to supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, advising Europe to not get carried away with its toy plane games, source reported.
Medvedev, commenting on German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s remarks, who described it as a good day for Ukraine and Europe, wrote on Telegram, Ah, don’t get carried away too much with toy plane games in your sandbox, kids. Lest the next ‘good day’ for Europe may become its last day.
He also attached an image of a downed Nazi German plane to the post, as reported by source.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a breakthrough agreement had been reached on the supply of 42 F-16 fighter jets from the Netherlands.
Other than that, Denmark has also announced plans to transfer 19 F-16s to Ukraine, with Kyiv receiving six of them before the end of this year. Denmark has nearly 30 F-16 fighter jets that will be decommissioned when the country switches to the more modern F-35. The Dutch air force has 42 such jets, according to source.
Besides help from nine other nations, Denmark and the Netherlands have also made arrangements to train Ukrainian pilots. Washington gave its clearance for the F-16 transfers on Friday, and this month will see the start of Ukraine’s pilot training. If all goes according to plan, Ukraine might start using the planes in early 2024, as reported to source.
