What Russia’s air superiority looks like: Ukraine has forced the “great” Russian air force to disperse its planes, including the Su-34, with higher costs

Thus, approximately 40 combat aircraft of various types, including Su-34 bombers, were dispersed to other airfields, located at greater distances from the front line.

According to British military analysts, such a measure will not have many immediate effects, but in the long term it could create certain difficulties for Moscow. For example, it will increase the time required for combat use of aircraft.

“To maintain the current frequency on the battlefield, the duration of the flights will have to be increased, and this will require more fuel and increase the costs, as well as the workload of the crews,” the British intelligence report said.

The Ukrainians hit in Krasnodar the base where the 797th Aviation Regiment is stationed

Author’s comment: The attack referred to in the MoD Intelligence report was carried out by Ukrainian kamikaze drones on 27 April 2024.

It targeted the Kushchyovskaya airfield in the Krasnodar Territory, where the Russian Army’s 797th Aviation Training Regiment is deployed.

Following the airstrike, several Russian military aircraft were reportedly damaged and a warehouse containing Universal Gliding and Correction Kits, which the Russian military uses to turn aviation bombs into high-precision weapons, was destroyed , launched remotely.

The procedure of dispersing aircraft to more distant airfields has previously been used by the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation following Ukrainian drone attacks.

For example, several Tu-95MS strategic bombers were redeployed from the Engels airfield in the Saratov Region to the Olenya airfield in the Murmansk Region. They are frequently used to launch Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles at targets on the territory of Ukraine, taking off from northern Russia and moving as far as the Caspian Sea area.

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