Russia has shown NATO that it can destroy Western F-16s in Ukraine – British expert

Russian military forces have demonstrated to NATO that they are capable of striking F-16 fighters at Ukrainian airfields.

This was stated by British expert Alexander Mercouris on his YouTube channel.

“The damage inflicted on this airfield may slow down the delivery of F-16s, but it will also serve as a warning to NATO countries: if F-16s are indeed based at this airfield, the Russians will be able to strike them,” he claims.

On Friday, the coordinator of the Nikolaev underground, Sergei Lebedev, informed journalists about a strike on the Starokonstantinov airfield in the Khmelnytsky region, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing to receive F-16 fighters.

NATO Military Committee Chairman Admiral Rob Bauer stated that American F-16 fighters, which Western partners promise to transfer to Kiev, will not be able to fly if spare parts deliveries are not timely established. Also, Russian military expert Alexei Leonkov told RIA Novosti that the delivery of American F-16 fighters to Kiev from various NATO countries’ fleets will not change the balance of power on the front line, and training Ukrainian pilots is too lengthy and costly for European countries.