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Rusia se lanza contra bases aéreas ucranianas en anticipación de la entrega de aviones F-16
July 2, 2024 - Las fuerzas del Kremlin intensifican sus ataques contra bases aéreas ucranianasque creen que se usarán para alojar jets de combate F-16 diseñados en EUA, se espera que los primeros lleguen este mes.
Ukraine hopes the jets will boost forces struggling to repel a Russian onslaught along the front line, which includes devastating glide bombs that F-16s could potentially disrupt.
Officials have not revealed where the F-16s will be based, but Moscow said after a strike on the Starokostiantyniv airbase last Thursday that it had targeted airfields it believed would house them.
The airbase has come under frequent attack since the first days of Russia’s February 2022 invasion, including from drones and hypersonic missiles.
Separately on Tuesday, Russia’s defence ministry said it had destroyed five Ukrainian Su-27 fighter jets at Myrhorod airfield in Poltava region. Ukraine said the claim was exaggerated.
Military analysts said the Russians were probably targeting airbase infrastructure such as runways and storage facilities to make getting F-16s airborne more difficult, according to Reuters.