After months of debate in Washington, Ukraine looks set to be getting its hands on this lethal Western fighter very soon. The first batch of F-16s will be arriving in Ukraine in late September, and NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said that the training of Ukrainian personnel has already started.
It’s an unpopular opinion because it’s stupid. A less stupid opinion is that Russia should get the fuck out of Ukraine and end the aggression. This satisfies your fewer murder machines requirement and result in the fewest people killed. It also has the nice side effect of removing cluster munitions from use by both sides of the conflict.