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  • President Zelenskiy announces use of U.S.-made fighter planes
    • Ukraine has long waited for the higher-capability jets
    • Kyiv hopes they will change war, Russia vows to shoot them down

Aug 4 (Reuters) - Ukrainian pilots have started flying F-16s for operations within the nation, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, confirming the long-awaited arrival of the U.S.-made fighter jets more than 29 months since Russia’s invasion.

  • dactylotheca@suppo.fiEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    Russian population growth isn’t 0, though. Yes, the war’s going to make a demographic dent, but they’ve turned their schools into military indoctrination machines

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 months ago

      It isn’t zero but it takes a long time to replace a decimated military. Even if you take conscription down to 16, you can only lose so many people per year before you can’t replace them before they age up quickly enough.