Russia’s air force has underperformed, says UK MoD

Russia’s air force has underperformed, says UK MoD
# 20 June 2022 10:25 (UTC +04:00)

The UK Ministry of Defense has issued its latest intelligence report, APA reports citing The Guardian.

It states:

"Russian ground and tactical air operations have remained focussed on the central Donbas sector over the weekend.

It also provides an assessment of Russia’s performance in the skies over Ukraine since the latest invasion began on 24 February.

In the conflict to date, Russia’s air force has underperformed. Its failure to consistently deliver air power is likely one of the most important factors behind Russia’s very limited campaign success.

It cannot gain full air superiority and has operated in a risk-adverse style, rarely penetrating deep behind Ukrainian lines. Some of the underlying causes of its difficulties echo those of Russian ground forces.

For years, much of Russia’s air combat training has highly likely been heavily scripted and designed to impress senior officials, rather than to develop dynamic initiative amongst aircrews."

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THE OPERATION IS BEING PERFORMED