✈️ American F-16s can help recapture Crimea – military analyst

By targeting russian ground-based air defense systems, Ukraine is "preparing the way" for future airstrikes upon the arrival of F-16 fighters. Defense expert and analyst at the Hague Center for Strategic Studies, Frederic Mertens, stated this in a commentary to Business Insider.

He added that the russians have relatively limited room for maneuver on the peninsula, replenishing their supplies depends on the Kerch Bridge, and “Putin has a lot to lose here, both politically and militarily.”

In addition, F-16s, combined with US-provided long-range ATACMS, could make Crimea “militarily insignificant” for russia, the publication writes.

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