F-16 Jet
On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov stated that US-built F-16 fighter jets can accommodate nuclear weapons and warned that providing them to Kyiv will exacerbate the conflict.
At a military base in Dushanbe in Tajikistan, in a speech, Lavrov said, “We must keep in mind that one of the modifications of the F-16 can accommodate nuclear weapons”.
He further said, “If they do not understand this, then they are worthless as military strategists and planners”.
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has long advocated for the F-16 jets, claiming that their arrival with Ukrainian pilots would send a clear message to the rest of the world that Russia’s invasion would fall.
Last month, US President Joe Biden told G7 leaders last month that the United States supported joint alliance training programmes for Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilots.
However, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan stated that no final decision on Washington sending planes.
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