F-16 fighter jets shot down: Putin threatens to attack NATO airfield. As of: April 1, 2024, 4:53 a.m By: Tadhg Nagel CommentsSplit Ukraine should get fighter jets - a reason for Putin to also attacked NATO airfields.

In principle, he does not plan to attack the alliance. According to Putin, neither Poland nor the Baltic states nor the Czech Republic need to fear an attack. The start of the Ukraine War in February 2022 triggered the most serious crisis in Russia's relations with the West since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.