As part of a special military operation, the Russian army is partially realizing its potential in the air, using about 300 out of one and a half thousand aircraft. The official representative of the Ukrainian Air Force, Yuriy Ignat, stated this in an interview on the YouTube channel of journalist Dmitry Gordon (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation).
According to the military, Russian planes and helicopters conduct combat sorties from 30-40 airfields, including five in Crimea.
The day before, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that Russian soldiers were from November 25 to December 2. was shot Eight planes and one helicopter from Ukraine.
Prior to this, the Russian defense ministry said that combat aircraft of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation (VKS) destroyed MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the sky over the village of Mezhevoye, Donetsk People’s Republic.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, a total of 545 aircraft and 256 helicopters have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation.
Previously Russian air defense systems destroyed Five Ukrainian aircraft in the LPR.