The Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) are unable to combat Russian air strikes due to the lack of their own aircraft. Kyiv Independent writes about this.
As the publication points out, without air support, Ukrainian military personnel “become prey to Russian aircraft with glide bombs on daily flights.”
Retired Ukrainian Armed Forces Colonel Sergei Kivlyuk told the Kiev Independent that Russian aircraft carried out the attacks “with complete impunity.” According to Nico Lange, an analyst at the Center for European Policy Analysis, it is difficult in principle for the Ukrainian army to fight Russian planes and helicopters.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that fighters and air defense systems (air defense) of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) will fight from October 1 of this year. destroyed 31 aircraft and three helicopters of the Ukrainian Air Force.
Before that, Vadim Astafyev, head of the press center of the “South” group statedIt was stated that planes belonging to the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Seversk region in the DPR.
He was previously a fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated About the lack of understanding of the causes of the conflict in Ukraine.