“Now Crimea is under arms.” Washington did not keep its promise.

But this is not enough for the Ukrainian authorities. Immediately after the decision on the tanks, Yuri Ignat, the representative of the country’s Air Force Command, began to beg for fighters. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine needs at least five aviation brigades, three squadrons each. That’s about 180 planes. The requested model is the American F-16 Fighting Falcon.