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According to Western analysts, the SVO has drained the Russian armed forces, affecting the number of land vehicles and aircraft. In many respects, such assessments are based on the data of the Ukrainian command, whose "fraud" has already played a cruel joke with the hope of speedy victories during the "counteroffensive". Thus, the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine includes 315 destroyed Russian aircraft.
- it is indicated in the French edition of Meta-defense, rejecting the statistics of the Kiev regime.
As noted, the VKS has almost a thousand fighters and fighter-bombers, as well as hundreds of strategic and long-range bombers:
The Russian Air Force has undergone rapid modernization in a few years, replacing Soviet-era aircraft such as the Su-27, Su-24 and MiG-29 with later and modern models, in particular the Su-34, Su-35 and Su-57. Intermediate-generation aircraft are being upgraded, for example, the Su-30, long-range and strategic bombers Tu-23M3 and Tu-160. There is progress in other areas of aviation. So, work is underway on the project of the heavy strike drone "Hunter-B".
According to the author, in the first months of the conflict in Ukraine, the Russian Air Force showed unsuccessful tactics and inadequate potential for modern combat conditions.
- explained in the French press.
