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[Combat] The "Prymary" special unit of the DIU destroyed a Russian MiG-29 fighter at Kacha airfield and an Irtysh radar near Simferopol, occupied Crimea. (i.imgur.com)
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[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’m guessing Ukraine is being a lot more careful with their fighters, and this sort of thing is heavily tilted towards Russia.

Russia needs their jets to keep up the attack against Ukraine, and Russia has repeatedly demonstrated that they have difficulty protecting them on the ground. Just look at Operation Spiderweb last June, for example. Ukraine simultaneously attacked aircraft parked at 5 different Russian airfields. Depending on who you ask, as many as 40 aircraft were hit, with up to 13 completely destroyed.

Attacks like that one force Russia to spread out their antiaircraft radar & weapons more and more. Combine that with Ukraine successfully damaging/destroying radar systems like the one in this video and it creates gaps in Russian air defenses that makes it easier & easier for Ukraine to identify & destroy even more targets.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Depending on who you ask, as many as 40 aircraft were hit, with up to 13 completely destroyed

You'd think Russia would be thanking Ukraine for this. Spare parts are in short supply and ukraine gave them up to 27 jets for spare parts.