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Europe News: Denmark's transfer of 19 American-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine will take place in the second quarter of 2024, once Ukrainian pilots have complete.
that's kharkiv, that's the north of ukraine. again, an area that's on the way to kyiv. and the south of ukraine. russia has stepped up its aerial bombardment of ukraine in recent days, launching hundreds of drone and missile attacks across the country. that�*s a campaign which is aimed at degrading the ukrainian will and capacity to resist. the second line of effort is to run down the magazines of air defense interceptors, because if the russians can exhaust the available air defenses, then the russian air force will gain access to medium altitude over the front line, and that will translate into a tactical advantage on the battlefield. for ukraine, the big hope has always been the arrival of western jets, and it seems us made f—16s will soon be in the skies.
they are a totemic issue, but how much of an impact will they really have? the f—16s would provide valuable air cover to troops on the ground. they would also give the ukrainians much more range in terms of going farther afield and striking at russian military targets. they have great defensive capability as well. so there�*s a lot that they can do with the f—16s once they have them. but they will not be a silver bullet. victory in this war is about more than what happens on the battlefield. this is really a battle of societies, of their political will, and their industrial capacity. ukraine is making considerable efforts to expand production domestically, and that is bearing fruit. but ukraine does not control the financing or have access
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