In 2024 they will not protect everything: as the Armed Forces "close the sky" in the third year the invasion - the observer

Kovalenko explained that the missiles in the Arsenal of the F-16 fighter can knock down the aircraft of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation at a maximum distance up to 180 km. At the same time, they should work in conjunction with aircraft of long-range radar intelligence-analogue of the Russian A-50, which was knocked down on January 14 over the Azov Sea.

Together with the ATCMS missiles, which will reach the airfields of the Russians in the Crimea, the Ukrainian defense forces will "protect the sky", but not over the whole of Ukraine, but only above part of the front line, Kovalenko explained.

The military observer reminded what the Ukrainian military achieved, even not having the F-16-shot down three Su-34 fighters above the Kherson region, one aircraft of the far from the radar reconnaissance A-50 over the Azovsky, and also damaged the IL-22 command post.

During 2024, Ukraine will receive a new weapon that will work in combination with other Western tools, it is reported in the post: thanks to the listed opportunities of the Armed Forces, they will only be able to close the sky above the front line, Kovalenko summarized. He also noted that this will be achieved through the integrated use of many tools. At the same time they will act "neatly" so as not to get under the stroke of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

"The results will not be lightning and immediately over the whole zone of fighting to make such a" nonsense zone "for the Russian occupation troops will not work, but in general it is quite possible. " Earlier, the focus published an analysis of the Forbes Opportunities for the F-16 aircraft compared to the aircraft available in the Armed Forces.

It turned out that the Western fighter has equipment that makes it possible to track air goals from a greater distance, as well as "deceive" the enemy air defense systems. Meanwhile, the media reported that the F-16 has not yet entered the territory of Ukraine: so far pilots are trained in one of the European countries, and infrastructure is being prepared. The Ukrainian military explained that these fighters, along with the French missiles, will really change the course of war.