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Medvedev, 'F-16s approach nuclear apocalypse'

2023-05-23T14:21:23.843Z

Highlights: Poland is "ready to start" the Ukrainian pilot training program. Borrell: so far in Kiev supplied by Europe 220 thousand artillery ammunition and 1,300 missiles. The more weapons the West supplies Ukraine with, "the more likely" a "nuclear apocalypse" scenario becomes. The EU Commission has given the green light to a new tranche of aid of 1.5 billion euros for Ukraine. This is the fourth tranche disbursed by Brussels as part of the €18 billion macro-financial assistance package put in place for Kiev.


Poland is "ready to start" the Ukrainian pilot training program. Borrell: so far in Kiev supplied by Europe 220 thousand artillery ammunition and 1,300 missiles (ANSA)


The more weapons the West supplies Ukraine with and the more destructive these weapons are, "the more likely" a "nuclear apocalypse" scenario becomes. This was said by the former Russian president and current deputy head of the National Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, commenting on the possibility that F-16 jets will be supplied to Kiev. According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, "this supply will not fundamentally change the situation on the ground" in the conflict in Ukraine. Moscow's statements come on the day that EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell announced that pilot training has begun, defined by the NATO secretary general as "an important step" that will allow allies to deliver jets "at some point" and send "a message: we will support Ukraine as much as needed and Moscow does not think of wearing us down by exploiting the time factor". But Poland says that it has not yet begun pilot training, but that it is ready to do so, and from the spokesman of the Kiev air force we learn that the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighters in European countries has not yet begun in practice, but the preparation of specialists continues before it begins.

Meanwhile, on the ground, Moscow's Defense Ministry announced that the "nationalists" who infiltrated from Ukraine in the Russian region of Belgorod were "blocked and defeated" and added that "more than 70 terrorists were eliminated" and the rest were driven back to Ukrainian territory.

So far, through the first pillar of the ammunition plan proposed by the European Commission, "1300 missiles and 220,<> artillery ammunition of various calibers" have been delivered to Ukraine, said EU foreign policy High Representative Josep Borrell at the end
of the Defense Council.

ANSA Agency

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Meanwhile, the European Commission has given the green light to a new tranche of aid of 1.5 billion euros for Ukraine. This is the fourth tranche disbursed by Brussels as part of the €18 billion macro-financial assistance package put in place for Kiev. "Since the beginning of this year, we have provided €7.5 billion in macro-financial assistance. This funding is contributing significantly to covering Ukraine's immediate financial needs. And more help will come," said EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

ANSA Agency

EU green light to €1.5 billion in aid for Ukraine

The EU Commission has given the green light to a new tranche of aid of 1.5 billion euros for Ukraine. This is the fourth tranche disbursed by Brussels as part of the €18 billion macro-financial assistance package put in place for Kiev.

Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren, entering the Defense Council, explained that after Washington's "green light for the training of Ukrainian pilots in the use of F-16s" we can now "complete the plans we were making with Denmark and other allies", including Belgium and Great Britain "to start training. This is the first step to be taken", which will be followed by further discussions with the states that have the F-16 equipped ". Yuriy Sak, an adviser to Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, said that "the Netherlands is in a position to be the first" country to donate F-16s to Ukraine. Politico reports. The Netherlands currently has 24 F-16s in use that are "operationally deployable" and "will remain in use until mid-2024," a spokesman for the Dutch Defense Ministry was quoted by the newspaper as saying. "After that, they will be available for another destination, such as sale." The Netherlands also has another 18 F-16s "that are no longer operationally used" and "may also receive a different destination." Twelve of those 18 were originally planned to be transferred to a private company, but the transfer was delayed, the spokesman noted. According to a European official, quoted by Politico, "it is realistic" to think that the delivery can take place by autumn.

ANSA Agency

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Source: ansa

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