Юрій Сак
Yuriy Sak is a Ukrainian military officer and government official with the rank of Major General. He has served as a Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and as head of the Department of Military Policy, Strategic Planning and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. He is known publicly as a spokesperson on aviation matters and the delivery of Western F-16 fighter jets to the Ukrainian Air Force.
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More than half of Ukraine's F-16s grounded by Belgian maintenance delays
A Wall Street Journal report says more than half of Ukraine's F-16 fighters are non-combat-ready because phased technical inspections carried out by Belgian contractor Sabena Aerospace Engineering under a U.S. contract are taking far longer than in the United States. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed to the Financial Times that roughly half the fleet is in long-term repair in Europe and said Ukraine wants to move most of that maintenance onto its own territory with Western support. Ukraine's Foreign Ministry spokesman publicly disputed the 'catastrophically low' readiness framing, saying turnaround times are actually shortening.