War in Ukraine. F-16s were supposed to fly combat missions. Conflicting reports

According to information obtained by the British daily “The Telegraph”, Ukrainians They have already made their first combat flights at the controls of American F-16 fighters. The planes were to serve at this stage “for anti-aircraft defense only” – we read.

A representative of the Ukrainian Air Force, when asked about this issue by the newspaper, had do not deny these reports.

The first information about the delivery of F-16 machines was reported on Wednesday by Bloomberg, citing anonymous informants. It was also emphasized that the total number of fighter jets transferred so far is expected to be small.

That same day in the evening Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis however, confirmed these reports. “F-16s are in Ukraine. Another impossible thing turned out to be possible,” he said on the X platform.

Meanwhile, until Thursday morning, Kyiv he did not inform officially as if it already had multi-role combat fighters.

– I wish there were fewer speculations like this.. However, we must remember to pay attention to official comments, he said. Mychajło Podolak on Ukrainian television, quoted by the Unian news agency.

The adviser to the President of Ukraine stated that the Bloomberg publication does not cite any official sources. – Where did they get it? – he asked on Wednesday. – Of course, we will not comment on this. I won't say “no” or “yes” – added.

Ukraine expects a total of 79 advanced F-16 machineswhich are to be delivered with Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway.

The entire international coalition of countries supporting Kiev was responsible for training the Ukrainian crews. The allies pledged that the first planes would fly into the air to the end of July.

Source: “The Telegraph”, Unian

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