As Russia’s army tries to force the issue with a new counteroffensive, causing Ukrainian forces to withdraw in eastern Ukraine, its air force is increasingly paying the price.
Ukraine s Patriot missiles can shoot down Russia s glide-bombers. But the USA was the biggest supplier of Patriots to Ukraine. And U.S. Republicans have cut off aid.
Ukraine said it destroyed two Russian jets on Monday, after claiming to have taken out four at the weekend, in what would be an impressive kill streak.
Ukraine claimed to have shot down six Russian fighter jets in only three days after destroying two more on Monday.The head of Ukraine s armed forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, declared in a statement that.