How effective the F-16 will be at each of these roles will be dependent on weapons availability, the pilot's skill and experience, and where Ukraine's offensive priorities lie. The F-16 is a multi-role platform, so can conduct air defence or ground attack missions - it can shoot down enemy aircraft or drop bombs on the enemy. What role these new jets will perform will depend heavily on what weapons are provided by the West. And the most important thing is that such planes are no longer produced in the aggressor country," they told New Voice.Ī series of attacks on Russian soil and within occupied territories have been reported in recent months, although Ukraine has rarely claimed responsibility. "These drone operations are coordinated by the and have caused sensitive losses to the enemy in military aviation. Two more Russian bombers were damaged in the assault, the sources said. The Soltsy military airfield in Russia's Novgorod region was attacked on Saturday, destroying a Tu-22 M3 bomber and damaging two more aircraft, the sources said.Ī further attack was launched the next day on the Shaykovka airfield in Russia's Kaluga region. The New Voice of Ukraine cited unnamed sources within Ukraine's military intelligence, who said strategic bombers were among those targeted. Agents cooperating with Ukraine's military intelligence have destroyed or damaged five Russian aircraft over the past two days, according to a media report.
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