Putin says F-16 deliveries for Ukraine will 'only prolong conflict'

$In this pool photograph distributed by Sputnik agency Russia\\'s President Vladimir Putin addresses the audience during the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 12, 2023. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP) , Agence France-Presse (AFP)/AFP$

In this pool photograph distributed by Sputnik agency Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses the audience during the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 12, 2023. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP)
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"They are going to deliver F-16s. Will this change anything?" Putin said at an economic forum in Russia's Far East

Staff Writer, Agence France-Presse (AFP)

September 12, 2023

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In this pool photograph distributed by Sputnik agency Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses the audience during the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 12, 2023. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday dismissed the significance of recent announcements by Ukrainian officials that their armed forces would soon receive F-16 fighter jets from Kyiv's allies in the West.

"They are going to deliver F-16s. Will this change anything? I don't think so. It will just prolong the conflict," Putin said at an economic forum in Russia's Far East.

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