Putin says Ukraine obtaining F-16 jets will not change anything but prolong war

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Kyiv’s allies supplying the Ukrainian army with F-16 fighter jets will not have a significant impact on the war and would only draw out the conflict.
Putin stressed that supplying Ukraine with new weapons, including cluster munitions, depleted uranium ammunition and F-16 fighters, will not change the situation at the battlefront, state news agency TASS reported.

“Will this change anything? I think not. I’m sure it won’t. Will it drag on? Yes, it will. The other thing that worries me is that there are no restrictions,” Putin said.