Russian aviation poses an even greater threat to Ukraine than its missiles. That is why we have to protect our skies so that aerial bombs do not fall on cities, destroying everything in their path.
Source: The spokesman of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ihnat
“The task of the Air Force, anti-aircraft missile systems and fighter jets is to cover the sky to prevent enemy aircraft from appearing here,” Ihnat says.
He explained that if the enemy’s aviation would not use missiles, but free-fall bombs, which the Russian Federation has millions of tons in warehouses, then this threatens the scenario of what happened in Mariupol.
“We see what happened to Mariupol and other front-line cities when tactical aircraft fly in and drop bombs of 500 kg each, which destroy everything in their path.”
He emphasized that for 2.5 months Russian aviation has not flown into our airspace, it is controlled by Ukrainian forces.
“It remains to wait when the West will provide us with systems and fighter jets and we will be able to close the skies on our own,” the Air Force spokesman concluded.
