After receiving the tacit consent of the United States and several countries in the European Union, in the past few days, the Ukrainian army has begun to use weapons and equipment aided by Western countries to strike targets in Russia. According to Ukrainian media reports, a few days ago, the Ukrainian army struck the Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile deployed in Belgodro Oblast through the American-made "Seahorse" multiple rocket launchers. This also kicked off the prelude to the Ukrainian army's use of Western weapons to strike Russian targets, and it is certain that in the future, more Western weapons will be invested in this kind of military operation, and the scale of the strike will become larger and larger. This is not the recent Dutch Defense Minister Olongren, who attended the Shangri-La Security Summit in Singapore, revealed to the media that the Netherlands allowed F-16 fighter jets assisted by the Ukrainian military to strike targets in Russia.
As one of the most active members of NATO in military assistance to Ukraine, the Netherlands has long determined that it will provide second-hand F-16 fighter jets to the Ukrainian army. According to Olongren, the Netherlands will deliver F-16 to the Ukrainian army within this year, which is not big news, and the most surprising thing is that the Netherlands actually allows the Ukrainian army to use F-16 to attack targets in Russia. In stark contrast, Belgium, another NATO member. At the end of last month, Belgian Prime Minister De Croo stated that the Ukrainian army will never be allowed to attack targets in Russia with the F-16 assisted by Belgium. In other words, the F-16 aided by Belgium can only be used by the Ukrainian army in the domestic battlefield.
There is no doubt that this decision of the Netherlands, ignoring the risks involved, crossed the "red line" of Russia. Unlike other weapons and equipment aided by Western countries to the Ukrainian army, the F-16 is a weapon with super lethality, which can change the battlefield situation to a certain extent. And many Western countries, like the United States, refuse to provide F-16 assistance to the Ukrainian army because of the huge risks. To say that several NATO members such as Belgium and the Netherlands have committed Russia's taboo by providing F-16 assistance to the Ukrainian army, this time it is good, the Netherlands will go one step further and let the Ukrainian army take the F-16 to hit targets in Russia.
Compared to the "Hippocampus", the F-16 is obviously a greater threat to the Russian army. And recently, Sweden, which has recently joined NATO, decided to provide early warning aircraft to the Ukrainian army, which is a combination of early warning aircraft and F-16, which is quite terrifying, which gives the Ukrainian army the ability to destroy the Russian army's air defense positions, arsenals and even command centers. In this way, the flames of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict will burn from the territory of Ukraine to the land of Russia, which means that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has expanded and escalated. Once the war escalates, the Russian army will inevitably use tougher means to deal with this crisis, so you come and go, this crisis will be in a spiral situation, rushing towards a more dangerous point, when the third world war and nuclear war are no longer just shouting, but really may break out.
Not long ago, the Kremlin warned Western countries that providing Ukraine with F-16 and other weapons and equipment and allowing it to strike targets in Russia is no different from Western countries directly involved in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which is "playing with fire". The words of the Kremlin have made it clear enough that it is necessary for the Netherlands to think about the consequences, and once the third war or nuclear war is detonated, there is no regret medicine to take.