Ukraine will be able to use F-16 fighter jets donated by the Netherlands to strike targets inside Russia, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren has said, as Kyiv awaits the arrival of 24 of the American-made aircraft from the NATO ally.
“There is not” a Belgian-style restriction on hitting targets within Russian borders, Ollongren told Politico on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier defense summit, in Singapore.
“We have weapons, but we cannot use them against Russia until they cross the border,” Yehor Cherniev—a member of the Ukrainian Parliament and the deputy head of its national security, defense and intelligence committee—told Newsweek last week.
A host of nations—now including the U.S.—have said that Kyiv can use their weapons against targets on Russian soil, though they have differed in the extent of their support for such operations.
Ukraine’s future use of NATO F-16s is a particularly sensitive case, given their strategic value and potential reach deep inside Russia.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Western adversaries had “entered a new round of escalating tension and they are doing this deliberately” by approving Ukrainian weapon usage on Russian territory.
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Ukraine will be able to use F-16 fighter jets donated by the Netherlands to strike targets inside Russia, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren has said, as Kyiv awaits the arrival of 24 of the American-made aircraft from the NATO ally.
“There is not” a Belgian-style restriction on hitting targets within Russian borders, Ollongren told Politico on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier defense summit, in Singapore.
“We have weapons, but we cannot use them against Russia until they cross the border,” Yehor Cherniev—a member of the Ukrainian Parliament and the deputy head of its national security, defense and intelligence committee—told Newsweek last week.
A host of nations—now including the U.S.—have said that Kyiv can use their weapons against targets on Russian soil, though they have differed in the extent of their support for such operations.
Ukraine’s future use of NATO F-16s is a particularly sensitive case, given their strategic value and potential reach deep inside Russia.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Western adversaries had “entered a new round of escalating tension and they are doing this deliberately” by approving Ukrainian weapon usage on Russian territory.
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