'Don’t get carried away': Russia to Europe after decision to supply F-16s to Ukraine

Moscow [Russia]: The Russian Security Council’s deputy chairman Dmitry Medvedev weighed in on the West’s decision to supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, advising Europe to not get carried away with its "toy plane games," TASS reported.

Medvedev, commenting on German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s remarks, who described it as "a good day for Ukraine" and Europe, wrote on Telegram, "Ah, don’t get carried away too much with toy plane games in your sandbox, kids. Lest the next ‘good day’ for Europe may become its last day."

 He also attached an image of a downed Nazi German plane to the post, as reported by TASS.

The Russian News Agency TASS, abbreviated TASS, is a Russian state-owned news agency.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a "breakthrough agreement" had been reached on the supply of 42 F-16 fighter jets from the Netherlands.

Other than that, Denmark has also announced plans to transfer 19 F-16s to Ukraine, with Kyiv receiving six of them before the end of this year. Denmark has nearly 30 F-16 fighter jets that will be decommissioned when the country switches to the more modern F-35.

The Dutch air force has 42 such jets, according to TASS. Besides help from nine other nations, Denmark and the Netherlands have also made arrangements to train Ukrainian pilots.

(ANI)