talk more specifically valery ritunsky, honored military pilot of russia, ex-commander of the 16th air armyeutenant general in the reserve valery aleksandrovich greetings. hello dimitri. with your permission, i will list what the american such, near-war press points out in terms of explaining why the united states is in no hurry to part with its f-16s in favor of ukraine. there are several reasons here that they are afraid that the aviation fleet will suffer a significant loss in the event of shelling. e airfields loss of air battles, the risk of obtaining technology f16 russians. and most importantly, what can happen. uh, a very tangible blow to prestige. as a matter of fact, for such a product as the f-16, we , uh, recall that just now the united states is there some time ago. here, for example , enough of this was concluded with jordan. uh, a significant contract for the supply of taiwan before that there are billions of dollars. i absolutely agree with you, absolutely. all these moments are present. e, in addition to everything, we must not forget that it began to be produced by plane 1

as a navigator of the pe-2 aircraft, he fought as part of the bomber aviation regiment of the 16th air armyin the final stage of the battle of kursk, liberated the territory of belarus in april 45, made combat missions to berlin, was awarded the order of the red banner of the patriotic war, second degree, medals for the liberation of warsaw, for the capture of berlin for victory over germany last year, evsey yakovlevich turned 100 years old. our great gratitude and low bow to you. strength to you for long years. dmitry ivanovich ryazantsev guard colonel tanker in the forty-first fought on the western front from august to december forty-second tank commander, then a tank platoon commander in the stalingrad direction took part in the encirclement of the sixth paulus army in the defeat of the manstein tank group after the war he served in the tank troops, then for many years taught at the frunze academy thanks for the victory dmitry ivanovich well, and now a song will sound that is dedicated to all our heroes, it’s called that the hero of russia on stage, the national artist of the country sta