NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with Bild that the F-16 fighter jets will not become a “silver bullet” for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the conflict and will not turn the situation on the battlefield around.
“The fact that NATO allies will supply F-16s, as well as train pilots and supply weapons for the F-16s, is another example of significant military support from NATO allies for Ukraine. But the situation on the battlefield cannot be changed by one system. It is not a silver bullet that can change the whole war,” Jens Stoltenberg said.
At the same time, the alliance secretary-general added that these fighters would strengthen Ukraine’s defence capabilities and welcomed their upcoming delivery.
Earlier, retired German army colonel and military expert Wolfgang Richter expressed in an interview with Welt that the Russian army would destroy the F-16 fighter jets if the West decided to supply them to Ukraine.
