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The British don’t have a problem with it, but they need to use targeting data provided by American satellites to get the missiles where they need to go, so they have to have American permission to do that, which has been refused. The Americans have even been arguing that Ukrainian drones are a better weapon for some of these attacks than missiles would be and they should stick to them. It’s the last item on the list bar one. F-16 are also not permitted to operate in Russian air space.
Regarding F-16, there has been delight in most aviation circles that Ukraine hasn’t been tempted into using them yet. Everyone thinks that would be a mistake. The first ten are said to be developing Ukraines remote basing and support systems, training ground crews and continuing training for pilots. There’s even been rumour they spend most of their downtime outside of Ukraine while the deployment and support issues are worked out. It’s a complex business and there’s no point in getting it wrong and giving the Russians a target they can boast about.
Meanwhile the war rages on. Kursk keeps expanding, the central front is hard going with deadly close fighting.
The Russians use a process of small infiltration groups of four men to make their way into the ruins of houses. Three of the four are usually killed but they keep sending more in until enough are there to start the process again and move forward. They accept a 75% casualty rate as being high but acceptable. With daily death rates at 1300+ they have as always, no care at all.

‘The Analyst’ MilStratOnX
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!