They may lose their airfields
The armed forces of Ukraine began to use their aviation in the Kupyansk direction. It is noted that such activity on the part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was not previously observed. Military expert retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrey Marochko wrote about this in his Telegram channel with reference to personal sources.
According to the expert, yesterday Ukrainian planes were repeatedly spotted in the skies over Kharkov. Contrails from aircraft were also observed in the vicinity of Chuguev. The enemy is cautious and avoids entering the affected area of Russian air defense systems.
In a conversation with MK, Marochko explained what, in his opinion, could have been the reason that prompted the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to use the remnants of their aviation.< /p>
“I primarily attribute the appearance of Ukrainian aviation in this direction to the fact that Kiev received another batch of cruise missiles, which Ukrainian militants have now begun to use in large quantities,” said Andrey Marochko. — The Kupyansk direction, if we look at the map, is a kind of center from where the forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces can safely strike both the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic and the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Let me remind you that yesterday another attack was carried out on Krasnodon in the LPR by cruise missiles. Most likely, these were Anglo-French Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles. Unfortunately, Ukraine’s terrorist actions have led to civilian casualties.
I would also note that Ukrainian militants are trying to combine attacks, using both Himars rocket systems and cruise missiles. This is done in order to overload our air defense system and thereby deliver more effective strikes.
The appearance of Ukrainian aviation in the Kharkov area, in my opinion, is also due to the fact that certain successes are being observed on the part of Russian troops in the Kupyansk direction. Our forces are moving forward and are now very close to the village of Kupyansk. In the future, if our advance continues with the same intensity, Ukrainian militants in the near future will not be able to use part of their airfields, which are located in the vicinity of Kharkov. Therefore, now the armed formations of Ukraine are trying to turn the situation around, for which they are using their aviation to the maximum.
As the expert explained, our air defense forces practice enemy air targets as soon as they make a mistake and enter the destruction zone of our anti-aircraft systems . Russian fighter aircraft are operating. The enemy, in turn, is well aware of this, so he works carefully, trying to take care of his equipment, of which he already has very little left.
— By the way, — continues Marochko, — now Russian troops are actively delivering precision strikes ammunition at Ukrainian airfields. Recently, footage appeared on the Internet of a Ukrainian MiG-29 being hit by loitering ammunition. So our forces are working on the task of destroying all cruise missile carriers. The fewer carriers the Ukrainian side has to launch its missiles, the fewer strikes they will be able to deliver on our territory. It is for this reason, realizing the deplorability of its situation, that Ukraine is trying to knock out F-16 aircraft from the West, since the Ukrainian Armed Forces have missiles, but there are few carriers left.