After numerous explosions in Crimea, some of which also hit Russian military airfields, the invaders began to urgently withdraw from the territory of the occupied peninsula with their aviation.
Russians are afraid of “cotton”
They are forced to do this because they see a direct threat to their aircraft. This Channel 24 was told by military observer Denis Popovich.
According to him, the Russians are aware of the danger, therefore they overturn aviation to safer distances.
This is very beneficial for us, because this aircraft was supposed to cover the sky over the Kherson region. That is, in this way they weaken their capabilities in the Kherson direction. the reviewer explained.
occupiers have accumulated a lot of aircraft near the borders
At the same time, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russia has increased the number of aircraft near the Ukrainian borders. According to current data, about 800 units of aircraft and helicopters have been accumulated there.
Such figures are impressive, but Popovich noted that so far Russian aviation has not shown itself to be a deadly force in this war. In addition, Ukrainian air defense is not suppressed and is operating effectively.
I think we are able to defend ourselves in this matter, he believes.
Military the observer stressed that Russian planes and helicopters have long been afraid to fall into the zone of Ukrainian air defense and almost never fly over the front line. still has about 4 thousand units of aircraft. This is despite the fact that as of the morning of August 26, infidels lost 234 aircraft and 202 helicopters in the war against Ukraine.
