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Ukraine will need to take out Russia's key air defense systems deep behind the front lines to keep its new F-16 fighter jets operational, according to a new analysis, as the U.S.-made aircraft take to Ukraine's skies.

Kyiv will "notably need to continue efforts to target Russian air defense assets within the Russian rear and in occupied Ukraine with Western-provided long-range weapons to enable its use of F-16 jets," the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a U.S. think tank, said on Sunday.

The F-16s can carry a range of weapons, including Western short- and long-range missiles.

Ukraine is permitted to use long-range Western weapons on Russian targets in Moscow-held Ukraine and in Crimea, but not on Russian assets inside its internationally-recognized borders. Kyiv has called for these restrictions to be lifted.

this is a hard task
seems like the US restricting Ukraine too much ....though you can see why they do that .
russia has no restrictions themselves but cries like a baby when Ukraine get whst they have although in much less uamntity than the russ .