INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
to air combat in the two-month war, choosing to attack ground targets inside Ukraine with long-range missiles rather than making themselves
vulnerable to anti-aircraft missile systems with long flights over enemy territory.But with depleting stocks of high-precision missiles,
superiority early on in the war, the expected air blitz never materialized
needs to be able to mount complex air operations involving many planes, analysts said
northern Ukraine last month following a bungled attempt to capture Kyiv, Russian forces have been concentrated along a 300-mile front in
in Borodyanka, Kiev region.Oleksandr Ratushniak / UNDP Ukraine (CC BY-ND 2.0)Russian air sorties are up over 150%, to about 300 a day, since
Russia ramping up its air operations include air raids on the badly damaged port city of Mariupol and recent attacks on the northeastern
aircraft and 39 helicopters since the beginning of the invasion, according to Oryx, an intelligence blog that tracks Russia's military
has over 122 SU-34 bombers and 360 attack helicopters capable of carrying anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles, according to a report by the
aggressive tactics and use more unguided missiles
approach in civilian areas of the Middle Eastern country during the Russian military intervention to prop up the regime of Bashar
