Analysis: Dropping Like Flies – Strategic Significance of Russian Aircraft Losses

It does not look good for the Russian air force and navy! Apparently, the Russian arms are of mediocre quality as this protracted war in the Ukraine now demonstrates!

The fact, that Russia has reactivated 1950s tanks is another sign of poor quality! Not to mention how many tanks and other armed vehicles were destroyed by cheap drones so far.

"... As three of its aircraft, two Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers and a Sukhoi Su-35 defense fighter, lined up for a bombing run they suddenly fell off the radar. [on Saturday] ...

Then on Monday, just before midday reports started to appear on Ukrainian social media indicating that two more Russian aircraft, a Sukhoi Su-34 and a Sukhoi Su-35, had been shot down over the eastern front. ...

Over the course of three days, in December 2023 Ukrainian air defenses shot down five Russian aircraft: four Su-34 fighter-bombers and a multirole Su-30 as they attempted to support attacks on Ukraine’s southern front, over the Donetsk region and the Black Sea. ..."

Analysis: Dropping Like Flies – Strategic Significance of Russian Aircraft Losses As Russia’s army tries to force the issue with a new counteroffensive, causing Ukrainian forces to withdraw in eastern Ukraine, its air force is increasingly paying the price.