Russia and Ukraine

[Leonardo17]

France doesn't operate F-16s in front-line duties. They may have a couple for aggressor training, but none in active-duty squadrons.

Poland and Netherlands will await American approval, which as you note doesn't seem forthcoming. But then again, we also refused to provide M-1s, until we didn't. Our American government needs to stop shilly-shallying about this stuff.

Also, send some brrt-brrt.

France is sending Rafales + Mirage fighter jets. They will start training Ukrainian Pilots on French fighter jets. As far as I know these are F-22 / SU-57 level very advanced fighter jets.
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-c...illot-war/
 
“In January, the Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister  said Amsterdam would examine a request for F-16 fighters with “an open mind,” adding that there were “no taboos” in terms of military support.”
 
And I’ve heard that many European countries will follow suit too. Especially countries like Poland who have suffered a lot from Russian oppression in the past.
 
And there are talks about Gripen Jets who are also Raffales-like next generation airplanes.
 
The only problem for the Ukrainian army now seems to be cohesion and logistics. So they will need wester support on that too. This has really become a mixed Italian Pizza like army in terms of equipment. But it’s better than nothing. And the step after that is apparently a military coup on Putin and peace negotiations with a more rational Russian leader.
 
On the issue I was mentioning in my previous posts:



https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-gets-...00106.html


Since the Maidan Revolution in 2014 Ukraine’s corruption index has advanced from 26 to 33 (Gaining 7 points means there is less corruption).
 
So again: Democratic governance rather than dictatorial or populist government means better corruption index and better economic health for different countries.