Ukrainian F-16 Fighter Jets Loitering in Russian-Controlled Territory

KYIV – Jet-jet tempur F-16 Ukraine, supplied by the West, has been roaming over the Kherson-controlled region. Russia.

“F-16s have been flying over our district since yesterday,” Pavel Filipchuk, head of the administration of the Kakhovka urban district in the Kherson region, said in a video message on Telegram on Thursday.

“This was done just to cause panic,” he said, as quoted. Sputnik, Friday (9/8/2024).

Kakhovka is located on the largely Russian-held eastern bank of the Dnieper River, which broadly marked the front line for much of the full-scale war.

He expressed confidence that the planes would soon be shot down and destroyed by Moscow forces.

Last Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the arrival of F-16 fighter jets.

“I am proud of all our people who have mastered this aircraft and have started using it for our country,” Zelensky said that day.

“F-16s are already in the skies of Ukraine, and there will be more,” Zelensky added in a separate statement on Thursday.

The Economist reported that the first ten of the 79 US-made fighter jets had been delivered to Ukraine, without naming the supplier.

Besides that, The Telegraph wrote in late July that Ukrainian pilots had made their first flights with F-16s, using them as “air defense tools.”

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