Ukraine has started preparing airfield infrastructure for F-16 fighters. 

This was announced by the spokesman of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuriy Ignat, during a briefing, "Espresso" reports.

"It is necessary to prepare the airport infrastructure so that pilots can land safely on the runways. In this matter, work is already underway in various regions of Ukraine. In particular, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Infrastructure and other relevant departments are involved in order to help we need to make an airport network," he said.

According to Ignat, in the future, military airfields may become joint bases for civil and military aviation.

In particular, the new airfields could accommodate American F-16 fighter jets, which are currently being considered for possible transfer to Ukraine due to their multi-functionality.

It is known that one such aircraft can strike ground targets with various types of weapons (bombs, missiles, etc.), and also become part of air defense, protecting the sky from air attacks.

"This (handover of aircraft from allies - ed.) would greatly help Ukraine on the way to victory and the de-occupation of our lands. How long it will take - here we can talk quite conventionally, because there are extremely long deadlines, and in wartime, such deadlines are for training pilots and aviation engineering staff are not suitable," says Ignat.

It will be recalled that on January 20, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Wopke Hoekstra, announced that the government will consider the possibility of supplying F-16 fighter jets, if the Ukrainian government requests it.

After that, the adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Mykhailo Podolyak, announced that the F-16 issue was unblocked.

According to him, the USA will not object to the provision of these fighter jets by the Netherlands to Ukraine, but it is still too early to say when and how many modern aircraft will be transferred.

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