Russia will view the Western supply of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine as “a threat in the nuclear sphere” due to the aircraft’s ability to carry nuclear weapons, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with the Russian daily Lenta.ru, published on Wednesday, July 12th.
Among other topics, the foreign minister discussed the plans of the so-called ‘Fighter Jet Coalition,’—which includes Denmark, the Netherlands, the U.S., the UK, Norway, Portugal, and Belgium—to supply Ukraine with as many as 50 of the U.S.-made F-16s in the coming months.
