Russia warns that arrival of F-16s in Ukraine will be seen as a NATO provocation

Russia warned today that the early arrival of F-16 fighters for Ukraine will be seen as a provocation U.S and the NATOregardless of whether or not they are capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

“Regardless of the modification of the aircraft provided, we will view them as carrying nuclear weapons and will consider this step of USA and the NATO as a deliberate provocation“, says the statement from Russian Foreign Ministry.

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Moscow highlighted that for many years this type of aircraft was used in what is known as “joint nuclear missions” from the NATO.

“It is expected that they will soon appear in the theater of operations of Ukraine multipurpose aircraft F-16 American-made (…), we cannot ignore the fact that these aircraft belong to dual equipment: nuclear and non-nuclear”to the point.

Precisely, Ukraine has been insisting for weeks on the need to speed up the supplies of these planes in the face of continuous enemy bombings against civilian infrastructures and their military positions.

The coalition of Western countries that committed a year ago to supply F-16 to Kyiv includes Denmark, which plans to send its first planes this summer; Belgium, Holland and Norway.

In turn, Moscow condemns Western plans to increase its arms support for Kyiv and its involvement in the fighting in Ukraine, which creates new military threats around Russia.

In particular, he accuses West openly support the sabotage actions of Ukraine on Russian territory, in addition to supplying Kiev with British and French long-range missiles, and the new ATACMS Americans, who can reach Russian territory.

Russia also accuses USA move forward with its short- and medium-range missile deployment plans “in different regions of the world” and predicts that, when this weaponry is actually used, it will respond by lifting its own moratorium on such shipments.

And denounces the statements of the French president, Emmanuel Macronabout possible shipping to Ukraine of contingents of NATO and highlights information about the presence of troops from the French Foreign Legion.

Foreign Affairs accuses the Western bloc of seeking “a new escalation of Ukrainian crisis towards a direct military confrontation between NATO countries and Russia” in order to cause Moscow “a strategic defeat”.

All this justifies, according to Moscowthe order in Armed forces of the Russian president, Vladimir PutinAct “shortly”tactical nuclear weapons maneuvers.

These exercises, in which aviation and the Navy will participate, may take place on Ukrainian territory, as the Your Military Districtr includes the four occupied Ukrainian regions (Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya).

Moscow He also regretted that the situation is about to erupt due to the accumulation of “irrational steps“by Kiev and its Western allies, and that such threats are contemplated”specifically” by Russia’s nuclear deterrence doctrine.

Source: Elcomercio

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