Nuclear weapons concern? Putin denies plans to attack NATO - but threatens to shoot down F16. If the West delivered F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, they would become a target for its armed forces.
They will not shy away from an attack on western airfields. 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. The Russian president said this in a speech on Wednesday evening (March 27), a transcript of which was published by the Kremlin.