Kryvonozhko gives F-16 tally TSN adds maintenance concern

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TSN reports Air Force commander Lieutenant General Anatolii Kryvonozhko's account at a Ukrainian delegation meeting with Lockheed Martin: 3,150 aerial targets destroyed, averaging eight per day, mainly Russian drones, including 666 cruise missiles, over five hundred ground strikes and at least one Russian fighter downed in air combat. The anchor recalls F-16s entering Ukrainian service in August 2024. The complete item ends by citing The Wall Street Journal's warning that maintenance delays in Belgium could leave Ukraine without F-16s by year-end. The combat totals and the forecast remain attributed; the report gives no maintenance completion date or proof of the forecast.

TSN attributes to Air Force commander Lieutenant General Anatolii Kryvonozhko, speaking at a Ukrainian delegation meeting with Lockheed Martin, 3,150 aerial targets destroyed by Ukrainian F-16 pilots, including 666 cruise missiles, over five hundred ground strikes and at least one Russian fighter downed. The broadcaster recalls entry into service in August 2024. The combat totals remain attributed; the actual date and location of the meeting are not established by the retrieved evidence. The source report's separate maintenance forecast is retained in the whole story and is not treated as one of the commander's statements.