By Eliza Popova
When asked when Ukraine will be able to place F-16 fighters, Stoltenberg replied that it could not be predicted. He stressed that all allies of Ukraine seek it to happen as soon as possible, but added that the efficiency of the F-16 would be greater if the pilots have a high level of training and the crews of maintenance and other staff will be ready for work properly.
"So I think we have to listen to military experts just when we are ready or when the Allies are ready to start sending and delivery of the F-16. The faster the better," he says. According to Stoltenberg, each ally will decide independently whether to give Kiev fighters F-16 because they have different policies.
However, at the same time, he emphasized that the war in Ukraine is invading and Ukraine has the right to self -defense, including strikes on legitimate Russian military purposes outside Ukraine. We will remind, on February 21 a spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces Yuri Ignat stated that no one knows exactly when Ukraine will receive American fighters F-16.
On February 15, the Head of the Department of Press and Information of the Ministry of Defense Illarion Pavliuk reported that the decision on the supply of F-16 aircraft were made. According to him, Ukraine will not announce the date of receipt of aircraft. On January 25, a spokesman for the Air Forces of Ukraine Colonel Yuri Ignat said that while the transmission of F-16 fighter jets may be inappropriate because not all pilots are trained. You also need to prepare the infrastructure.
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