BBC “Russian forces have been preparing for the Ukrainian F-16s too.”
Ya think BBC? The Russians have a mean-on to destroy those F-16s. It is their white whale. I am certain that any Ukrainian pilot or service crew for those F-16s is going to have their sphincters in constant pucker mode.
Regardless of one’s views on the Russia/Ukraine war, one thing is quite clear:
The US and the Euro-frauds have never been interested in Ukraine “winning”. It’s about filling pockets with defense industry cash and a lot of payoffs. Period.
The Ukrainian pilots and ground crews have been waiting... and waiting... having completed training months ago.
Promised weapons keep getting delayed.. then delayed... then delayed. The weapons and no munitions... Then a trickle of ammunition. Even when the stuff is available - there is always a hang-up. And then - restrictions on how its used...
We all recall the promises made in the months that followed the initial invasion. A big surge of weapons and a major counter-offensive. Yet the so-called “allies” didn’t deliver as promised - literally giving Russia several months to not only fortify their new defensive lines, but to move massive weapons and munitions in and to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops and conscripts. Then amazingly, arms shipments to Ukraine began arriving for a fizzle Spring offensive that did little in the scope of things but get a lot of folks on both sides dead. Then another lull in weapons deliveries. And imagine that - the EU deliveries slowed amazingly in time with the US deliveries. And across the entire window of time - promises of F-16’s.
And here we are - over 2.5 years in... and still no F-16s in service.
This has NEVER been about Ukraine defending itself (though it think that is probably what most of Ukraine thinks). Biden ENABLED and ENCOURAGED Putin to invade (something Putin dared not do while Trump was President).
Just look who is getting incredibly richer from all of this... that will point you to the REAL agenda... The people of Ukraine (and to a lesser degree, Russia) are just canon fodder and pawns, along with US taxpayers.