The danger of a direct confrontation with <a href="http://www.time.news/mega-storm-hits-southern-russia-and-ukraine/" title="“Mega storm” hits southern Russia and Ukraine“>NATO is increasing, said Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, commenting on the initiative of the North Atlantic Alliance countries to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets.
“The fighter jets involved in the conflict by Ukraine, regardless of where they fly from, will be a legitimate target of destruction for the Russian armed forces,” Zakharova stated, adding, “the risks of a direct military conflict between Russia and NATO only increase.”
The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry also noted that Russia is aware that individual NATO member countries have formed a coalition on this issue and have a clear decision not only to provide Ukraine with fighter jets, but also to teach and train Ukrainian pilots.
“Given the fact that a significant part of Ukraine’s aviation infrastructure has been destroyed, it is not excluded that these American fighters will be deployed outside Ukraine. In Poland, Slovakia, Romania. Thus, the North Atlantic Alliance is getting more and more deeply involved in the Ukrainian conflict, and in fact it is waging a hybrid war against our country under the slogan of “saving” Ukraine,” he said.
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