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NATO Chief Says F-16 Deliveries to Ukraine No ‘Silver Bullet’

© Photo : Senior Airman Greg L. Davis, U.S. Air ForceTwo U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in formation during a mission in support of NATO Operation Allied Force on April 20, 1999.
Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in formation during a mission in support of NATO Operation Allied Force on April 20, 1999.   - Sputnik International, 1920, 05.04.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned that the incoming deliveries of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine will not turn the tide of the conflict.
Speaking in an interview to German daily Bild, he said that the allies were going to send F-16s and ammunition to Ukraine and were already training Ukrainian pilots.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sits in a F-16 fighter jet in the hangar of the Skrydstrup Airbase in Vojens, northern Denmark, on August 20, 2023. - Sputnik International, 1920, 28.03.2024
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Stoltenberg welcomed the upcoming delivery of warplanes as another sign of allied support for Kiev that he expected to bolster Ukrainian defenses, but he admitted there was no "silver bullet" weapon that could ultimately help Ukraine win the conflict.
Senior Ukrainian officials told Politico this week that F-16s would have been of more help to Ukraine a year ago. The warplanes were initially expected to arrive by the end of 2023 but the rollout was reportedly pushed back to late spring. The White House said the handover of US-made planes from third countries would begin once pilots training was complete.
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