Reuters
• Tom Balmforth
Missile shortfalls left Ukraine’s F‑16s underarmed as Russia mounted winter air offensive
US missile shortages left Ukraine’s F‑16s underarmed for more than three weeks just as Moscow mounted a major winter air offensive, three sources said. Belgium has also delayed delivery of 30 pledged F‑16s, while Mirage 2000‑5s and Ukrainian interceptor drones helped counter mass Russian drone and cruise‑missile waves.
