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Why The Russian Air Force Fighter Fleet May Be Down 25% Since Ukraine Invasion

The Russian Air Force may be hollowing itself out from the inside faster than Ukraine is destroying it from the outside.

Russia fired around 100 missiles into Ukraine causing an unclear amount of damage – including to the country’s embattled energy sector.

Russia is now developing a variant of the Soviet Yak-52 to shoot down Ukrainian drones after Ukraine has used them to shoot down Russian drones.

Russia built four Il-80 “Doomsday” aircraft to be the answer to America’s famous E-4B Nightwatch.

A Russian stategic bomber crashed in a ball of fire in Siberia further reducing Russia’s fleet of operational long range bombers.

Drones and aircraft are seen damaged in the latest mass Ukrainian drone strike on Russian air bases.

Through its Wagner paramilitary, Russia has poured considerable air assets into Mali.

The United States, Russia, and China are all reported to have programs to produce the next-generation stealth strategic bombers.

Russian combat aircraft production rates seem to be sufficient to sustain war losses at the rates so far seen.

In an apparent world-first, Ukraine may have shot down a Russian military helicopter with a 2-pound FPV drone.