We have no cause for concern in Finland. We have the situation under control and are able to respond,
Each destroyed Russian airbase, each destroyed Russian military aircraft — whether on the ground or in the air — means saving Ukrainian lives,
Destroyed and damaged Russian helicopters were used by the aggressor in the war against Ukraine,
I think people are waiting for this climactic moment of the jets arrive and everything shifts, and it just doesn’t work like that,
The training pipeline is pretty meager,
The main restriction … is the amount of planes and time of training,
The decision on the F-16 is strategic,
We will not use it too close to the Russians” due to the threat of air defenses
If you have this exquisite capability, are you going to use it immediately, knowing that there’s a greater risk of it being expended?”
We’ve seen this pretty routine pattern when it comes to Western military equipment for Ukraine,
Now they’re hitting the air base with the rockets all the time,
Ukrainian intelligence intended to recruit a Russian military pilot for a monetary reward and the provision of Italian citizenship, to persuade him to fly and land a missile carrier in Ukraine,
That first hit was so powerful that even our windows were trembling,
Ukrainian drones hit a Russian TU-22M3 strategic bomber in Olenya. 1800 km from the border!"