Ukrainian Air Force explains why targeting Ukrainian airfields is ineffective

Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat has noted, in the wake of the Russian shelling of the airfield in Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, that pilots move their aircraft to other Ukrainian airfields in the event of Russian strikes.

Source: Yurii Ihnat during the national 24/7 newscast  

Quote: "This is not the first time this airfield has been attacked.

It's the permanent base of a tactical aviation brigade.

But our aircraft are quite mobile, our pilots know how to counteract the enemy in these conditions. We have dozens of operational airfields in the country.

Therefore, the enemy will not be able to destroy our aircraft so easily...

I think our pilots will soon show them the wasp’s sting."

Details: Ihnat was referring to the protocol that enables pilots to redeploy aircraft to other airfields if there is a possibility of incoming Russian strikes.

Reference: Even before the air defence systems went online and explosions began yesterday, the Air Force posted on social media that missiles were in the air and that their likely direction was Starokostiantyniv.

Background: 

• On Saturday evening, Russian troops launched Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from Tambov Oblast and Belarus. Ukraine’s Air Force specified that the missiles were flying in the direction of the city of Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast.
• Later, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on a hit in Khmelnytskyi Oblast.
• About ten explosions were heard in Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast. Smoke was visible over the city, and windows in some districts were smashed.
• Ukrainian Air Defence Forces have destroyed 13 Kalibr cruise missiles, 17 Kh-101/Kh-555 and 27 Shahed-136/131 combat drones. The Russians used a total of 70 projectiles in the air attack.

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