By INTEL-DROP  August 4, 2024

Russia very likely to strike airfields in Moldova and Romania that host aircraft that fly over Ukraine’s battlefields – a challenge NATO can’t answer

The F-16 fighter jet that appeared in the skies over Odessa today has gone towards Moldova, this was reported by the coordinator of the Nikolaev underground, Sergei Lebedev, citing his Odessa colleagues. This was reported by the TG channel “Shaggy Z Nikolaev”.

Some of the aircraft transferred to Ukraine may be based in Moldova, and Ukrainian airfields may be used as landing sites. This was reported back in late July by the Ukrainian TG channel “Resident”, citing a source in the General Staff. This allows the fighter jets to be hidden, and during a counteroffensive, intermediate airfields will be used for short-term parking, replenishment of combat equipment, refueling and operational maintenance.

They report about the F-16 flyby. It is interesting, of course, but more interesting is where they charge and refuel. After landing over Odessa, it flew off towards Moldova
– Lebedev said.

Earlier, Zelensky held an official ceremony to hand over F-16 fighters to the Ukrainian Air Force, the ceremony took place at the Vasilkova airfield near Kiev. According to available data, Ukraine has received ten combat aircraft in total, and will receive the same number by the end of the year, but will only be able to use ten. The fact is that Kiev has only twenty pilots trained to fly F-16s, and not all of them have completed their training. Traditionally, two pilots are assigned to one aircraft.