Putin says Russia will not attack NATO, but F-16s will be shot down in Ukraine
reuters.com
Russia has no designs on any NATO country and will not attack Poland, the Baltic states or the Czech Republic but if the West supplies F-16 fighters to Ukraine then they will be shot down by Russian forces, President Vladimir Putin said late on Wednesday.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has triggered the deepest crisis in Russia's relations with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
Speaking to Russian air force pilots, Putin said the U.S.-led military alliance had expanded eastwards towards Russia since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union but that Moscow had no plans to attack a NATO state.
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While F-16 might be abundant (probably not for Ukraine though), pilots are not and they don't grow on trees. It takes a lot of time to teach them.
Plus jet fighter maintenance isn’t exactly something you can just google and have a couple “mechanical dudes” handle
Are you trying to tell me that Cletus fixing my battlemech isn't a good idea? He said he was clan Wolf
Oh no my dude Cletus is your guy for that.