US: Ukraine has 'significant majority' of its military aircraft

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Ukraine still has a “significant majority” of its military aircraft available nine days after Russian forces started their invasion of the country, a United States defence official told the Reuters news service on Friday.

Vastly outmatched by Russia’s military in terms of numbers and firepower, the fact that Ukraine’s own air force is still flying and its air defenses are still deemed to be viable has surprised military experts.

“The Ukrainians still have a significant majority of their air combat power available to them, both fixed-wing and rotary wing as well as unmanned systems and surface-to-air systems,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The official added that Ukrainian aircraft had suffered some losses, including being destroyed by Russian forces, but did not give details. After the opening salvos of the war on February 24, analysts expected the Russian military to try to immediately destroy Ukraine’s air force and air defenses.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-ukraine-has-significant-majority-of-its-military-aircraft/ar-AAUCSrl

[doc03]

1. Putin is holding his air power in reserve for when we get involved nt

[BigmanPigman]

2. I still wish we could declare a No Fly Zone

as well as have neighboring countries supply more planes. Ukraine is dying.

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[denbot]

3. I have no doubts Putin will attack NATO, then launch a tactical nuke to intimidate the west.

That’s when he commits Russian air power to the battle.