Putin said he would strike at NATO airfields if F-16s took off from there
He tried to convince Russians that the arrival of F-16s in Ukraine would not affect the situation on the battlefield
Last week, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said that Moscow has no "aggressive intentions" towards European countries. He called the idea that Russia could attack NATO "nonsense," Reuters reports.
However, Putin added that if Ukraine uses airfields in other countries, including NATO countries, for F-16 fighter jets, they will become "a legitimate target wherever they are".
The dictator tried to convince the Russian military that the situation on the frontline would not change at all with the arrival of F-16s in Ukraine. The military would destroy these aircraft in the same way as other Western equipment.
Putin also said that statements about a possible attack on Poland, the Baltics and the Czech Republic are a way to intimidate the population of these countries "to get money out of them".
In addition, the Russian dictator noted that F-16s are allegedly nuclear weapons, and therefore Russia will respond accordingly.
It is worth noting that the head of the Russian Federation, trying to prove his peacefulness, cursorily admitted that he had attacked Ukraine.
"What they say that after Ukraine we are planning to attack Europe is complete nonsense," Putin said.
Background. As a reminder, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that the first F-16s would be in Ukraine in mid-summer this year.
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