The American edition of 19fortyfive published an article by military observer Sebastian Roblin, where he reflects on air battles in the sky over Ukraine. Western observer writes about, that "many considered it impossible to, that Ukraine will have combat aircraft a few months after the start of hostilities ".
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But even six months later, Ukrainian and Russian fighters continue to fight in the sky, using mainly long-range missiles. At the same time, attack aircraft from both sides of the armed conflict continue to operate at low altitudes near the front line. According to Roblin, in February-March "both sides suffered heavy losses in aviation", and therefore "now neither side is ready to penetrate deep into enemy airspace".
The Western author called the Russian-Ukrainian conflict the longest conflict in several decades with the use of combat aircraft by both sides.
The publication contains a statement about air combat, which happened the other day over the Donbass. The Su-27 fighter took part in it from the Ukrainian side, which the, allegedly, fired off heat traps, not to be hit by a guided missile, issued by a Russian fighter.
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A few residents of Pokrovsk ran out into the streets, to watch this action.. Some applauded. What exactly did the residents of Pokrovsk applaud for?, not reported in Western edition.
Further, Roblin tries to correlate the losses in aviation equipment of the Russian and Ukrainian sides. At the same time, attempts are reduced to listing the, what was previously published on this subject in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - about Ukrainian losses, and in the General Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces - about the losses of Russian.
In any case, one can agree, that the military aviation of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to one degree or another remains in the arsenal. This is also confirmed by the reports of the Russian military department on daily downed aircraft.. What kind of aircraft are these?, APU aircraft, or Soviet-style aircraft, delivered from abroad - hard to say. But the fact remains that the Ukrainian side is trying to use aviation, despite, that in the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine there is an extremely serious shortage of flight personnel and aircraft.
