Benjamin Friedman, policy director at the Defense Priorities think tank, said that Ukraine lacks the manpower and air cover required to go on the offensive in a “major way.”
“Even with F-16s, I don’t think Ukraine has the ability to provide its ground forces effective close air support, given Russian air defense capability,” he told BI.
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