The war of aircraft awaits us. Russia is ready for air attack - what will Ukraine answer?

"It is often heard that our war is an artillery war. However, it has become a war of artillery because of the often ineffective use by Russia. Opinion. On the other hand, this aviation is lacking in Ukraine and our pilots at the price of the extra and heroism continue to perform combat missions on the aircraft we have. But they are less than the aggressor state, and in some places they are inferior to technical characteristics.

At the beginning of a full-scale invasion, Russia made 140 departures deep into the territory of Ukraine on aircraft Su-34, SU-30CM and SU-35C. This is stated in the report of Rusi. At the same time, the goals were often our airfields, radars, warehouses, bases, in general the air defense systems. For a full -scale war, at least 350 combat aircraft around Ukraine were concentrated by Russia. Aviation attacks were supported by massive rocket attacks.

That is, in fact, the aggressor planned to establish dominance in the air and the expanded use of his aviation. However, the extremely successful and effective actions of the Ukrainian army have allowed us to maintain air defense, aviation and continue to strengthen it with the help of our partners. The use of aviation began to be reduced to stormtroopers and bombers along the front line and launching missiles from the airspace of the aggressor state.

Rockets, which have been destroyed by the Ukrainian air defense system. That is why Russia has already changed tactics and began to use artillery massively because of the loss of air at the beginning. The enemy wanted to remedy the situation with the impossibility of establishing domination in the Ukrainian sky. But the inefficient use of Russia's potential should not mislead the role and capabilities of aviation as a whole. This component in the war remains extremely important.

It is not only about the number of aircraft, but also about their quality, modern equipment and weapons. Need training and motivated pilots, accurate intelligence data. Ukraine has motivated pilots, intelligence, data and coordinates from partners. But we really need planes that will allow at least some areas to stop the artillery war, simply destroying hostile positions, protecting more lives of our fighters and significantly expanding our opportunities.