Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that F-16 warplanes used by Ukraine against Russia would be hit by Moscow's forces even if they were at NATO airfields . This was reported by the Tass news agency.
“ If they are used by airports of third countries, they will be a legitimate target for us: no matter where they are ,” Putin said at a meeting with Russian Air Force pilots in the western Tver region.
The Russian president then warned that Russia will take into account the fact that F-16s can carry nuclear weapons.
“We must take this into account when planning” combat operations, Putin said.
The Tsar then assured that the possible supply of F-16s to Ukraine "will not change the situation on the battlefield" , since Russia "will destroy them as it is already doing with Western tanks and other weapons" .
In the meantime , Biden has returned to calling Putin a "butcher" and the Pentagon reiterates that the US "is ready to defend NATO territory" . The president once again offended the Kremlin leader, dusting off an epithet already used last March in a meeting with Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw, speaking in North Carolina. Regarding his proposal to increase taxes for companies and scrooges, Biden explained that the 400 billion dollars that would be obtained could be used to "dramatically reduce the federal deficit" but also "to do many other things... including make sure we finally protect Ukraine from that butcher Putin,” he said.
Last month, while speaking of the ever-looming risk of nuclear conflict, Biden branded him "a crazy son of...", prompting an indignant reaction from the Kremlin.
The American president broke openly with the 'tsar' some time ago, but knows he must continue to deal with him after his controversial re-election. This is why his administration is trying to defuse Putin's attempt to use the Crocus City Hall massacre as a pretext for escalation with the West, despite the fact that the US had repeatedly publicly and privately warned the Russian government of the threat of an attack by part of Islamic extremists.
Precisely on the point of the Ukrainian lead for the attack on Moscow, it seems that in the last few hours skepticism has leaked out among some of the Tsar's loyalists . The Kremlin knew about the plans for the attack for more than a month but chose to do nothing, according to Kiev's military intelligence.
Today, on the topic of war, a meeting of the Polish and Ukrainian governments is scheduled in Warsaw.
(Unioneonline/vl)
