As of: March 13, 2024, 7:06 p.m
By: Patrick Mayer
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Russia loses several fighter jets in Ukraine within a few days.
Kiev's armed forces have apparently cracked the defense technology.
Donbass – Russia's losses in the Ukraine war are constantly increasing.
In the spring of 2024, Moscow's air force will also have to accept serious setbacks.
According to their own statements, the Ukrainians claim to have shot down 15 Russian aircraft between February 17th and March 3rd.
Russian losses: Ukrainians shoot down several Sukhoi fighter jets
In addition to several Su fighter jets, a large Russian A-50U reconnaissance aircraft is also said to be among the Kremlin's latest losses.
There is also talk of ten Su-34 fighter jets that were allegedly shot down.
The information cannot be independently verified.
Kiev distributed videos and photos purporting to show Russian fighter jets crashing or crashing.
According to a report, Ukrainian air defenses were apparently able to crack the Sukhoi aircraft's defense radars.
As the
Kyiv Post
reports, debris from downed Russian fighter jets was examined by Ukrainian and Western experts.
They looked very closely at the avionics, the electronic control and defense instruments.
The findings from this should now enable more effective defense of the airspace.
How, that hasn't been made known to the outside world yet.
Ammunitioned: a Russian Su-34 fighter jet.
(Symbolic photo) © IMAGO / Depositphotos
Ukraine War: Russia continues to advance in the east of the country
What is striking is that the Russian air force has given up its previous restraint.
Analysts at the Ukrainian think tank
Center for Defense Strategies
wrote: “The enemy has overcome the fear of using aircraft directly over the battlefield.” Moscow has to accept high losses in its fighter jet fleet, but the ground troops in Ukraine would gain a “significant advantage in firepower,” the analysis continued.
After the capture of Avdiivka, Kremlin autocrat Vladimir Putin's troops continue to advance in eastern Ukraine.
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According to the pictures, the Russians are again suffering heavy losses.
However, the acute shortage of ammunition, especially 155 mm artillery shells, is causing significant problems for the Ukrainians.
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Russian losses in Ukraine: fewer air strikes in the south
Accordingly, Kiev is aggressively announcing its serious strikes against the Russian air force.
“Russian forces appear willing to risk further air force losses to achieve tactical gains in eastern Ukraine,” military analysts at the US think tank Institute for the
Study of War (ISW) wrote in
their daily situation report Saturday (March 2).
“They set up clever ambushes for Putin's air force, occasionally removing an anti-aircraft system from urban zones and stationing it near the front.
If a Russian plane is shot down, the Ukrainians quickly withdraw the system so as not to allow Russia to counterattack," explained the well-known military expert Gustav Gressel in an interview with
t-online
: "The Ukrainians are hoping that the shoot-downs will unsettle Russia, so that they become more cautious and hold back their fighter planes.
This is partly successful.
For example, in the south, Russian air operations have declined sharply again.”
A Patriot anti-aircraft system fires a missile.
(Symbolic photo) © IMAGO / ABACAPRESS
Russian fighter jets shot down: Are Patriot air defense systems behind it?
There is increasing evidence that Patriot anti-aircraft systems provided by the West could be responsible for the shoot-downs.
Germany had supplied Ukraine with two Patriot air defense systems with multiple launch pads, and the USA provided a corresponding air defense system.
The Netherlands also sent two Patriot launchers and trained the responsible Ukrainian soldiers in the technology.
The air defense systems are actually intended to protect critical infrastructure in large cities such as Zaporizhia and Odessa.
The Patriots' PAC-2 missiles can attack targets at altitudes of up to 24 kilometers.
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