Sixteenth day of the conflict. Russian airstrikes are increasing on Ukrainian cities, apparently without weakening their will to resist. On the ground, Vladimir Putin’s forces are making little progress. However, says President Zelensky, we would already be at the dawn of a “strategic turning point”.
Since the beginning of the invasion, Ukrainians have hardly held the military of the Russian Federation in their hearts, and this especially applies to airmen. Nothing surprising in this, since the general staff of Kiev accuses “the occupiers to intensify their methods of terrorist warfare”, can we read on the site of the daily Gazeta.ua.
200 trips per day
It is true that the Russian air force takes an active part in tactical strikes on Ukrainian units, but also strategic ones on the big cities of the country like the capital itself, as well as Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Mariupol.
According to American sources, it is estimated that “Russia would proceed to about 200 sorties per day, some never entering Ukrainian airspace. [Les appareils] stay out of Ukrainian airspace and fire cruise missiles”. However, according to the US Department of Defense, “Ukraine would use its anti-aircraft missiles effectively”, which would force the Russian pilots to “be careful”.
A table that seems to confirm the presentation of a Russian airman prisoner at a press conference organized on March 11. According to the online daily Oukraïnska Pravdathe man, named Maksim Krichtop, reportedly said: “My third outing was on March 6. I carried four tons of bombs. During the mission, I understood that the target was not an enemy military site, but apartment buildings and the
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