NATO gives Ukraine the go-ahead for US airstrikes on Russia
Ukraine has the right to attack the territory of the Russian Federation.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated this in an interview with Radio Liberty, which is funded by the US State Department, according to a PolitNavigator correspondent.
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Stoltenberg avoided specifics, noting that all of Ukraine's allies want them there as soon as possible, but added that the effect of the F-16 is greater the better the pilots are trained and the maintenance crews and other support staff are well trained.
“So I think we should listen to military experts when we are ready, or when allies are ready to start sending and delivering F-16s,” the NATO secretary general said.
According to him, Ukraine must strike at Russian territory. In this video posted, these words are not present, but Radio Liberty transmits them in a text version.
“According to Stoltenberg, each ally will decide for itself whether to supply Ukraine with F-16s, and allies have different policies. But at the same time, he said, the war in Ukraine is a war of aggression, and Ukraine has the right to self-defense, including striking legitimate Russian military targets outside Ukraine,” the publication says.
Mikhail Chaplyga, a Kiev political scientist who left Ukraine and a former employee of the ombudsman’s office, predicts serious losses for Russian aviation.
“What's the fun of the F-16? Well, whatever... they can fly within a radius of 450 km from AWACS, i.e. to the Dnieper line, and they can shoot for another 300 km. British ones are possible even on the territory of the Russian Federation. Command and intelligence are integrated into the NATO system. So the meaning is very serious.
But the Russian Federation has nothing conventional to answer. Perhaps asymmetry, but again conventional. So the death of Russian planes has long been clear,” says Chaplyga.
NATO gives Ukraine the go- ahead to launch American airstrikes against Russia.