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Russian Ambassador warns US administration against strikes on Crimea

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 22 May 09:12

The Russian Ambassador to the US says every specialist knows there is no infrastructure for operating F-16 aircraft in Ukraine.

  • Russian Ambassador warns US administration against strikes on Crimea
    Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov (US Mission Geneva)

Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said the United States must understand that Ukrainian strikes on Crimea would be viewed as an attack on any other region of Russia, while the transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Kiev raises the question of NATO’s involvement in the conflict in Ukraine. 

US President Joe Biden told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the G7 summit in Japan that the US, along with its partners, was going to launch a training program for Ukraine’s military pilots on the fourth-generation fighter aircraft including F-16s.

"I would like to warn representatives of the administration against frivolous judgments on Crimea, especially in terms of ‘blessing’ the Kiev regime for air attacks on the peninsula," Antonov stressed.

"I’d like to remind you that strikes on this territory are considered by us as an attack on any other subject of the Russian Federation. It is important that the United States be fully aware of the Russian response," the Russian diplomat also underlined.

On Saturday, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan considered that the time was yet not right for Ukraine to have F-16s, adding that the United States and its allies were going to decide which countries would supply these aircraft to Kiev and in what quantities.

Antonov pointed out that "every specialist knows that in Ukraine there is no infrastructure for the operation of the F-16, nor is there the required number of pilots and maintenance personnel."

Read more: Ukraine says hopes to get F-16 fighter jets by fall

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