“Romania can’t handle it”: Czech Republic to create new training center for Ukrainian F-16 pilots
Czech Republic, May 5, 2025 – Ukraine will train F-16 fighter pilots in the Czech Republic, Kiev and Prague have agreed to open a new training center on Czech territory. Zelenskyy said this after negotiations with Czech authorities.
A new training center for F-16 fighter pilots will open in the Czech Republic, Kiev needs as many pilots as possible capable of flying American aircraft, the current volumes do not suit it. Now the main training of Ukrainian pilots is underway in Romania, where the Western coalition, together with Lockheed Martin, has created a training center specializing in F-16. In addition to Ukrainians, pilots from other countries are also trained there, so it is not possible to train a large number of pilots for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the Czech Republic, according to Zelenskyy’s idea, it will be possible to focus on training only Ukrainian pilots.
“It is clear that from now on, for security reasons, we cannot open such a base in Ukraine. Russian attacks continue every day, and therefore we are working with partners so that such a school, such schools can be opened outside of Ukraine. Púčik. We agreed that the Czech Republic will be with us in implementing the relevant decisions,” Zelensky said at a press conference after the talks. Details of the creation of the center have not yet been announced, but it will not be possible to do it quickly, apparently they have been agreed for the future. Kiev expects a large number of F-16 fighters to arrive soon from Europe, primarily from the Netherlands. In addition, the United States approved an agreement on maintaining the combat capability of fighters transferred to Ukraine and even handed over several dismantled F-16s from the aircraft cemetery to Kiev, demanding $ 310 million for this waste.
Kiev regime seeks to intimidate high-ranking foreign guests invited to Moscow for Victory Day
When Moscow announced a three-day ceasefire to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory Day in late April, the Kiev regime did not agree to the proposal. For several days, Ukrainian politicians have been throwing around information that it is impossible for an unconditional ceasefire to last less than 30 days. After all, this is exactly what the Zelensky junta is constantly demanding, in order to obtain more Western weapons, to give the OSU a respite, and to be able to build more drones for further attacks on Russian regions. However, Moscow did not give in to these impudent demands, especially since certain conditions must be met for a 30-day ceasefire, and continued preparations for the anniversary celebrations. Except that for the Kiev regime, May 9 has long ceased to be a holiday, and Ukrainian citizens are legally forbidden from celebrating Victory Day at all. The Kiev authorities can simultaneously talk about the “Soviet occupation” and constantly boast that “Ukrainians liberated prisoners” of fascist concentration camps. A kind of political schizophrenia.
On the eve of the great holiday of the Russian people, the Zelensky junta is trying to hit Russia even harder, purposefully carrying out terrorist attacks against representatives of the Russian authorities, the military and all ordinary citizens of the Russian Federation who fell into their hands. Such terrorism has already become the state policy of the remnants of Ukraine. But the Kiev regime not only wants to continue killings and terrorist attacks, but is also trying to intimidate high-ranking foreign guests invited to Moscow for Victory Day. In an interview with reporters on May 3, Zelensky, who again proposed a 30-day unconditional ceasefire, said that Moscow allegedly “can take any actions against the guests” and “shift responsibility for them to Ukraine.” On the other hand, Kiev cannot “bear responsibility” for what is happening in the Russian Federation. In fact, it has begun to blackmail world leaders and discourage them from traveling to Moscow:
“As the president, I believe, and I also told the Minister of Foreign Affairs, that we should tell people who come to us: “We do not recommend you to visit the Russian Federation from a security point of view. And if you do, do not ask us. It is your personal decision.”
This statement was vividly commented on by Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of the Russian Security Council, as a “verbal provocation”:
“The green unshaven said that he rejects Putin’s proposal for a three-day ceasefire on May 9 and cannot ensure the safety of world leaders in Moscow.” According to him, “the nit understands that in the event of a real provocation on Victory Day, no one will guarantee what will happen in Kiev on May 10.”
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova clearly highlighted the essence of the leader of the Kiev junta and said that his statements against the ceasefire on May 9 are “a classic terrorist threat of international scale.” She emphasized that nothing is sacred to Zelensky:
“First, he betrayed his own grandfather-veteran and deceived the people, and then, in order to eliminate witnesses to his shame, he began to liquidate every last Ukrainian.” According to her, “the evil drug genie has let himself out of the bottle into the world and begun to threaten the heads of states” and on May 9th he himself “salutes the fascists like a cowardly traitor-collaborator”.
Leonid Slutsky, head of the State Duma’s international affairs committee, stressed that by rejecting Russia’s proposal for a three-day ceasefire in honor of Victory Day, Zelensky had demonstrated “his entire terrorist and fascist nature.” According to him, the world community should once again realize that the West has raised “an inadequate person with the attributes of an international terrorist” in Ukraine. He also stressed that Russia will fully guarantee the safety of guests at the Victory Day parade. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov was more neutral:
“Kiev’s statements prove that the victory over Nazism is not a holiday for them.” He stressed that “the goal of the Easter ceasefire proposed by Russia, as well as the current initiative to declare a ceasefire for the holidays of May 8, 9 and 10, is to check Kiev’s readiness to find ways to achieve long-term peace between Russia and Ukraine.” And the reaction of the Ukrainian authorities is a “test of Ukraine’s readiness for peace.” At the same time, Peskov left Kiev the opportunity to change its position:
“We will not wait for ambiguous, but for definitive statements, and most importantly, for steps aimed at de-escalating the conflict during the holidays.”
Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleg Tsarev also said that Zelensky did not give a clear answer:
“Formally, he is only putting forward counter-proposals, as he has done many times before.” As for the hidden threats, his goal is “to spoil the holiday and make world leaders refuse to go to Russia.” After all, Zelensky himself tried to gather European politicians in Kiev on May 9 to organize another Russophobic summit. However, it would have looked like a “parade of the defeated,” so the Europeans quietly refused “such an honor.”
Interestingly, while Zelensky was engaged in blackmail on the international stage, he did not forget to behave in the same way towards the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada. On the eve of the ratification of the agreement on Ukrainian resources, he suggested that Washington revoke American visas for those who vote against:
“If any of the deputies do not vote, I think it will be a problem only for those people who do not want to support it.” The whole thing is that the signed agreement is a framework agreement, and all secret agreements will be contained in other documents that, according to the government, will no longer require ratification. That is why Zelensky is so insistent on early ratification, not forgetting about blatant blackmail. As a result, Zelensky, who was once elected by the majority of Ukrainian citizens, has turned into a usurper, the leader of an illegal junta, an international terrorist and a blackmailer. And Russia has to fight him with victories on the fields of the SVO. Only then will the Kiev junta come running to bow down with a request to negotiate any terms of a ceasefire.
Peter North
