International media reports that according to the state news agency Tass, Russian President Vladimir Putin says that F-16 planes can be attacked, even in other countries.
– If they are at airports in other countries, they will be legitimate targets for us, regardless of where they are, he says at a meeting with pilots from the Russian Air Force in the Tver region.
“Can carry nuclear weapons”
– F-16 planes can carry nuclear weapons. And we must take that into account in our planning, Putin said, reportedly referring to the planning of combat operations.
Several countries have promised Ukraine fighter jets of the American F-16 type after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly called on the West to give the country just such planes in order for the country to defend itself.