Putin warns he’ll shoot down F-16s supplied by West and mocks Nato country | World News [Video]

Vladimir Putin has once again threatened the nuke the West if Nato military airfields are used by Ukraine to store warplanes.

The Russian president promised missile strikes against countries who let the Ukrainian army use their bases to store F-16 supersonic fighters.

The US, Denmark and the Netherlands are planning to deliver the first of dozens of the warplanes to Ukraine this summer.

Since Russia’s invasion in 2022, Ukraine has desperately been trying to gain access to fighter jets.

Putin said: ‘We will destroy their aircraft in the same way that we destroy their tanks, armoured vehicles and other equipment, including multiple rocket launchers.

‘Of course, if they are used from third country airfields, they become a legitimate target for us, wherever they are.’

Putin also vowed to retaliate if any of the warplanes carry nuclear weapons, which no one has ever suggested.

He said: ‘And we will also have to take this into account …