Attack on Kyiv by "hundreds of Russian aircraft" won't happen – Ukraine’s Air Force

The Air Force of Ukraine notes that Russia will not attack Ukraine with aircraft en masse on the anniversary of the full-scale invasion.

Source: Yurii Ihnat, Spokesperson of the Air Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on air of the national 24/7 news broadcast

Details: The spokesperson of the Air Force once again emphasised that the Russian Federation did not deploy aircraft near the borders with Ukraine. The number of aircraft of the air group, which is used by Russian troops at 40 airfields (in the Russian Federation, Belarus, and occupied Crimea), has not changed since the beginning of the full-scale war.

Quote: "Many ‘experts’ talk about hundreds, some about a load of aircraft, well, there will be no such thing, no one fights like that, this is not the Second World War. In modern wars, high-precision weapons, and missile weapons are used. The 40 airfields that the enemy uses for aircraft take-off are at different distances (200, 300, 500, 700 kilometres) from the Ukrainian border. The enemy has been using these airfields in attacks against Ukraine since the first days [of the full-scale invasion – ed.].

The grouping that was at these airfields at the beginning of the [full-scale] aggression now remains at the same number [more than 700 units], the only thing is that instead of the lost equipment, the occupiers are bringing in the new one.

Therefore, to say that there will be some kind of large-scale attack on Kyiv by hundreds of aircraft is from another opera, it is clear that this will not happen. Even at the beginning of the aggression, the enemy used a dozen planes in a certain direction: they flew, struck, lost several aircraft, and flew back."

Details: Ihnat emphasised that the air defence of Ukraine is currently strengthened by modern Western systems (MANPADS and heavy systems, such as Iris-T, NASAMS), and further strengthening is expected from the allies.

"No one will allow an easy ride in the Ukrainian skies," the spokesman of the Air Force assured.

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