A US USAF officer has confirmed that Ukraine shot down Patriot A-50 AWACS and other Russian fighters inside Russian airspace in an unprecedented admission that amounts to a "casus belli".
Almost simultaneously, Kiev announced that the F-16s it is receiving will be redeployed to air bases in Romania and Poland.
War News 24/7 confirms both of these developments. Ukraine and NATO are risking a full-scale conflict in order to remove the Russian Air Force so that NATO ground forces can then enter.
Some of the US F-16 fighter jets that Ukraine is receiving are planned to be deployed at air bases outside the country, the Chief of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sergei Golubtsov, revealed.
According to the Russians, this admission confirms their worst fears. Kiev will redeploy fighters to Romania and Poland and operate from there against Russian targets.
Let's see what the Ukrainians say.
The command of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine intends to deploy some F-16 fighters outside of Ukraine to protect them from Russian missiles. These aircraft will constitute the so-called "reserve" in case of repair work or replacement of defective fighters.
Also, some of the aircraft will remain at Western military bases as training aircraft to train Ukrainian pilots.
Russia: NATO airports will become a legal target!
F-16 fighters and their airfields outside Ukraine will become a legitimate target for the Russian Armed Forces, Andrei Kartapolov, head of the State Duma Defense Committee, told RIA Novosti.
"If US fighters take off from Western bases and cause damage to the military and civilian infrastructure of the Russian Federation and return to their bases, the aircraft and airfields will be legitimate targets for Russian troops,"Kartapolov said.
Earlier, the head of the Dutch Ministry of Defense, Kaisa Ollongren, informed that her country allows Ukraine to use F-16s for attacks on Russian territory.
At the same time, the minister emphasized that the Armed Forces of Ukraine must clearly use their "right to self-defense."
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