18 aircraft from NATO aid Ukrainef-16The warplanes arrived in Poland for Ukraine in the Russian-Ukrainian warAir supremacyNew hope is offered. However,Russian armyA warning was given about this, saying iff-16Fighters are involved in the battle and will strike at the airfields from which they take off. This put Poland as a country of aid under great pressure to dare to take the risk of participating in the war.
In the Russian-Ukrainian war, the biggest shortcoming of the Ukrainian army is that it does not have itAir supremacy。Although Ukraine once inherited a large number of warplanes and had the ones that could be usedStrategic bombersTu-160, but as a result of the later self-destruction of these resources, led to UkraineAir ForceThe number of warplanes has decreased sharply. This made it possible in the early days of the war to UkraineAir Forceof airfields and hangars became targets, and the ground operations of the Ukrainian army were severely curtailed.
However, NATO was preceded by a long period of opposition to UkraineMilitaryAid is mainly focused on:Armyequipment, but not providedAir ForceFighter support required. This has led to the lack of Ukrainian ground forces, albeit with the assistance of some heavy equipment such as tanksAir supremacycan not be effectively counteredRussian army
Given Ukraine's predicament, NATO recently decided to assist UkraineAir Force18 aircraftf-16fighters, hoping to redeem NATO by providing air superiorityImage on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield. However, what is surprising is that although the country that decided to come to the aid of Ukraine was the United States, andf-16The fighters were mainly produced by the United States, but the first batch of 18 arrived in Polandf-16None of the fighters came from the United States. On the contrary, 12 of them came from the Netherlands, and the reason why this small country was so generous is still unknown.
For NATO's move to aid Ukraine,Russian armyThe top brass immediately issued a warning, claiming iff-16Fighters participating in the battle will strike at the airfields from which they take off, regardless of whether they are on the territory of Ukraine or not. 18 aircraftf-16After the arrival of the fighters at the Polish airfield,Russian armyThe threat is clearly directed against Poland, which will put enormous pressure on Poland. AsNATO membership, Poland will be faced with the choice of whether or not to dare to take the risk of participating in the fighting. Russian armyThe usual way of doing things shows that they do not care whether Poland is acting with NATO or not, as long as it touches itRussian armyPoland is likely to be the target of their attack.
Ukraine has long been lacking in the Russian-Ukrainian warAir supremacy, which brought great suppression to the combat effectiveness of its ground forces. NATO's previous assistance to Ukraine was mainly focused on:Armyequipment, failed to provide air support, making UkraineAir ForceIn a passive situation for a long time. However, recently NATO decided to assist Ukraine with 18 aircraftf-16fighters, hoping to change the pattern of war with this move. AlthoughRussian armyA warning was given about this, and a threat was madef-16The airfields from which the fighters took off were to strike, but this would put a lot of pressure on Poland, which would dare to take the risk, and it is still unknown whether Poland would dare to take the risk. At the moment, we can only continue to monitor the development of the situation and see if we can win it for Ukraine in the Russian-Ukrainian warAir supremacyimportant breakthroughs.