According to TASS on February 20**, Larry Johnson, a former employee of the CIA, said on the 18th that the West's provision of F-16 fighters to Ukraine would be tantamount to throwing money into the wind, because Russia would destroy them in a day or two.
In an interview with YouTube's Dialogue Works channel, Johnson said: "They will lose the F-16. Once these aircraft take off, they are destroyed within 24 to 48 hours. ”
Source**: F-16 fighter jet (Reuters).
Johnson added that Ukraine is not in a position to maintain these fighters as they should. "[The F-16] is like a top-of-the-line sports car like a Lamborghini and a Ferrari," he said. People don't usually drive this kind of car around the city, and they don't drive them to shop. They require specialized maintenance. ”
"So all the West has done with Ukraine is to throw money into ......the wind again," Johnson saidRussia has air-to-surface missiles against the F-16. These fighters did not hold out for long. ”
The Netherlands, Denmark and several other Western countries are actively training Ukrainian pilots and plan to transfer a certain number of F-16 fighters to Ukraine.
* |Reference message.