The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has announced a reward for the first destroyed F-16 in Ukraine: what is the amount

The Ural Company "Forses" is ready to lay out 15 million rubles for the military for knocking down the Western aircraft. The soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, who will be the first to destroy the American F-16 or F-15 fighter, promise to pay 15 million rubles. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense. Ilya Potanin, Deputy Executive Director of Fors, declared the intention to pay this amount.

"There will also be encouragement for the destruction of the F-15 and F-16 combat aircraft. The reward for the first will be 15 million rubles," he said. Potanin also said that on July 16, there was a presentation of monetary rewards for the elimination of Western tanks Abrams and Leopard. For each destroyed unit, the company pays 500 thousand rubles. The total amount of payments was already 8. 5 million rubles. We will remind, this summer Ukraine will receive F-16 fighter jets.

However, according to Bloomberg, these aircraft will be much smaller than Kiev. It is about 6 fighters, but by the end of the year may be 20. It is reported that the delay is affected by the absence of special runways, protective hangars and spare parts, as well as that very few Ukrainian pilots are perfectly in English. On July 12, Business Insider wrote that Russia shows its fear by Ukrainian airfields, because it is afraid that Kiev can achieve a breakthrough thanks to F-16 fighters.