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Ukraine Invasion Day 531: ‘Nyet aviatsii,’ the driver said. ‘We don’t have the air power.’ [1]
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Date: 2023-08-07
The air war could begin to move soon.
The Russian air force is barely able to leave its own airspace because Ukraine's air defenses are so strong, according to UK intelligence.
While Russian pilots were managing to support land operations in the south of Ukraine, they were doing so "without decisive operational effect," the British Ministry of Defense said in its daily intelligence update on Monday. To compensate, Russia was sending adapted free-fall bombs into Ukrainian territory. However, these had "yet to demonstrate consistent accuracy," it added. "Over the summer, Russian tactical combat aircraft have typically carried out over 100 sorties a day, but these are almost always restricted to operating over Russian-controlled territory due to the threat from Ukrainian air defenses," the update said.
change in aviation tactics to combat Ukraine's counteroffensive has not deterred Kyiv from successfully securing its airspace. Russia's recentto combat Ukraine's counteroffensive has not deterred Kyiv from successfully securing its airspace.
In the early days of the counteroffensive, Ukraine was vulnerable to Russian air attacks, with some senior Ukrainian military officials saying they were concerned about Russia's "aviation and artillery superiority."
Moscow's use of helicopters also blunted Ukraine's attempts to advance using armored troop vehicles.
But Russia's helicopter prowess appears to have become "less effective" in recent weeks, according to the UK's MoD.
Neither Russia nor Ukraine has been able to gain air superiority in the war so far despite Russia's vastly larger air force. But a military expert previously told Insider that the "advantage is with defense."
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