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Ukraine will have right to strike with F-16s on legitimate targets in Russia - NATO chief
Ukrainian pilots of F-16 fighter jets will have the right to strike legitimate military targets in Russia, according to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.
When asked when Ukraine would be able to deploy the F-16s, Stoltenberg said it was impossible to say.
He confirmed that all of Ukraine's allies want the fighter jets to be in Ukraine as soon as possible, but noted that the effect of the F-16s will be stronger if the pilots are well trained and the crews and other support personnel are well prepared.
"So, I think we have to listen to the military experts exactly when we will be ready to or when allies will be ready to start sending and delivering the F-16s. The sooner the better," he said.
According to Stoltenberg, each ally will decide for itself whether to supply F-16s to Ukraine, and the allies have different policies.
But at the same time, the Secretary-General noted, the war in Ukraine is a war of aggression, and Kyiv has the right to self-defense, including strikes on legitimate Russian military targets outside Ukraine.
F-16s for Ukraine
Last August, the Netherlands and Denmark promised to provide Ukraine with 61 American-made F-16 fighter jets.
Recently, it became known that the Netherlands planned to prepare six additional F-16s for Ukraine. Ukrainian pilots are being trained in Denmark and the United States.
Earlier, CNN reported that the first group of Ukrainian pilots, consisting of four people, will complete the F-16 training program by the summer of 2024.
Vladimir Putin's ally warns 'masks have been dropped' as he issues WW3 threat
By Ewan Gleadow & John O'sullivan at Newsbreak (originally Irish Star)
Alexander Lukashenko, a close friend of Russian president Vladimir Putin, has warned that the West is on the " edge of the abyss " of World War Three. The Belarusian President voiced his "legitimate concerns" about the possibility of a global conflict and accused the West of fuelling war tensions and pushing the world towards disaster.
"We are literally covered with an information wave of the so-called premonition of the third world war, which just a lazy one still hasn't mentioned. And there are grounds for these fears," Lukashenko said, according to Sky News.
Speaking about the tension between East and West, Lukashenko added: "The masks have been completely dropped."
World leaders and military experts had previously worried that the dictator would invade countries like Poland after he launched his full-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022. However, Lukashenko called it "complete stupidity" to think Russia was planning to attack the Baltic countries.
Lukashenko's comments come as he announced his military had received a new batch of weapons. This included two anti-aircraft missile divisions and two divisions of Iskander-M missile systems, which are made and deployed by the Russian military.
Estonia's Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas, has announced that the country has successfully stopped a "hybrid operation" by Russian operatives on NATO territory. This news comes just a day after reports of Russian security services attempting to encroach on Estonian land.
Kallas took to social media to share: "Estonia has successfully stopped a hybrid operation by Russia's security services on our territory. We know the Kremlin is targeting all of our democratic societies. Our answer: be open and reveal their methods. This is the way to deter harmful actions and make us resilient."
Local media have suggested that this incident may be linked to an attack on an Estonian minister's car last year, believed to have been carried out by Russian special services.
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