Forbes suggests that the success of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in shooting down Russian aircraft is linked to the use of expensive foreign missiles such as Patriot and NASAMS, as well as Russia's "fog of war" brought on by the loss of a third of their Beriev A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft.
The Russians have not deployed any Beriev A-50 airborne early warning and control (AWACS) aircraft in several days, after Ukraine's Defence Forces downed the second such aircraft on 23 February near the Sea of Azov.
A crew of 10 Russians was killed in a Russian A-50U Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft shot down on 23 February. Source: Ukrainska Pravda sources in Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) Details: The source said all 10 Russians on board the aircraft had been killed.
Pavlo Narozhnyy, military expert and founder of charity organization Jet Mail, provides exclusive insights into the potential downing of the aircraft using the S-200 air defense system, shedding light on its ramifications for the ongoing conflict.
France's air force pilots have been threatened with attack by Russian forces during patrol missions in international air space in a sign of rising tensions, French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Thursday."A Russian air traffic system threatened to shoot down French planes over the Black Sea" that were patrolling in international airspace at the time, Lecornu said.