Forbes: Ukrainian Aviation Joines Operation In Kursk Region
1- 14.08.2024, 7:56
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The Su-27 fighter attacked the Russian command post in the village of Tetkino.
Aviation of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the first time struck from a fighter at the positions of Russians in the Kursk region.
Forbes reported.
It is noted that the Ukrainian Su-27 fighter attacked the Russian command post in the village of Tetkino a few kilometers north of the front line. It is noteworthy that the attack was carried out by a Soviet fighter, and not by the F-16, which Ukraine recently received.
The publication notes that on Tuesday, the first videos of the dropping of American JDAM bombs by Ukrainian aircraft on targets in the Kursk region appeared. According to Forbes, the Ukrainian military has deployed a “significant number” of air defence installations, as well as electronic jamming devices that can block radio signals and, in some cases, even drop satellite-guided bombs.
"With the significant help of drones with explosive devices, Ukrainian batteries shot down several Russian helicopters. Shooting back, Russian artillery damaged one Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile system Buk," the newspaper notes.
Strong air defence of Russians
Forbes reported that the Russian air defence around Kursk is also very powerful. This explains the fact that the mentioned Su-27 was seen flying just a few hundred feet over the battlefield after dropping glider bombs. Pilots on both sides try to fly as low and as frequent as possible to avoid detection by enemy radar.
Although both sides have deployed warplanes over the invasion zone, it is possible that the Russians are deploying more warplanes. There is evidence of Russian bombing aimed both at Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region and at the Ukrainian forces bases in the Sumy region.
"The only confirmed target of the Ukrainian bomb is the Russian command post in Tetkino. That is, it is not clear whether the Ukrainians have spread their air power directly over the front line," the newspaper writes.
According to Forbes, such actions would make sense. Despite the escalation of Ukrainian drones and missile attacks on Russian air bases in and around Kursk, the Russians still have more planes and bombs. Those 85 F-16 fighters that Ukraine's European allies have promised to provide are arriving slowly and in small numbers.
There are fewer aircraft, but they are on the offensive
A freelance researcher at the Center for Defence Strategies, Hans Petter Midttun, noted that the Ukrainian Air Force may have only about 100 combat aircraft after losing several during Russian attacks on Ukrainian airfields this summer. According to him, the invasion "will challenge the already stretched Armed Forces of Ukraine."
Shortly before the full-scale invasion, Russia prepared about 300 aircraft for air attacks against Ukraine, which can drop up to 100 glider bombs per day. However, the AFU Air Force is likely to drop only a part of this amount.
“Around the same time that the Su-27 was bombing Russian positions in Kursk, other Ukrainian aircraft were bombing three Russian-held cities in the Kharkiv region, about 100 miles east of the Kursk salient,” Forbes writes.
At the same time, despite a serious shortage of aircraft, bombs and other heavy weapons, Ukraine's 'invasion' shows no signs of slowing down.
“We are going on the offensive. Our goal is to stretch the enemy's positions, inflict maximum losses on the enemy and destabilize the situation in Russia, since they are not able to protect their own border,” an unnamed Ukrainian official told Midttun.
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