A Russian Lancet strikes a Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-25
At the Ukrainian Dolgintsevo airport in Kryvyj Rih, some 70 kilometers from the front lines, a Russian "Lancet" drone strikes a Su-25 fighter-bomber.
In the meantime, in the Bryansk region's Surazhsky area, two Ukrainian drones were shot down by Russian air defense systems. This was stated on Telegram by Governor Aleksander Bogomaz. "Ukrainian militants used drones to try and strike targets in the Surazhsky district. The Russian Defense Ministry's air defense units destroyed two aircraft. There were no injuries or property damage. On the scene, operational and emergency services are in operation. On Telegram, Bogomaz commented, "Many thanks to our air defense units!"
Russia, Governor of Bryansk Alexander Bogomaz
The Su-25 was sitting in the open at Dolgintsevo during broad daylight when a Lancet zoomed in to strike it. The impact was captured on camera by a second Russian drone.
In southern Ukraine, the Kryvyi Rih air base is 45 miles from the battle line. Accordingly, the Lancet involved in the attack was a recently developed, longer-range Product 53 drone with a 45-mile range, as opposed to an earlier Product 51 with about 25 miles range
On a Ukrainian warplane parked at Dolgintsevo, it's the second drone strike in three weeks. It is obviously reminiscence of Ukrainian's air force travail from the Sept. 19 hit that damaged or destroyed a Mikoyan MiG-29, unless the Su-25 was a derelict airframe that the Ukrainians placed as a decoy.
This drone in obviously 53 poses a significant risk to Ukrainian air force regiments operating at airfields less than 45 kilometers from the front line ought to be clear by now. It should also be apparent that the air force's most forward bases lack sufficient air defenses.
The monitoring drones that watch over the 25-pound Lancet hits are also working without consequence, in addition to the bullets themselves passing through.
The Ukrainian air force has time and opportunity to make adjustments yet. Losing one MiG and one Sukhoi is not extremely catastrophic situation hopefully Ukraine's allies are able to replace some of these lost fighter jet bombers which would probably in addition help especially if the western allies would be able to provide enough MiG-29 and Su-25 replacements to make up for any combat losses, including those caused recently by drones then that would be great for the Ukrainian Air-force
Their is no denying that the Ukrainian air force probably had one or two decoy plans of their own such as spreading there front-line jets; this is how the aviation regiments have managed to exist for the past months, since Russia expanded its war on Ukraine.
But the question still begs why don't Ukrainian Air-force conceal their warplanes the entire time when not in critical use of the jet fighters and also additionally, strengthen their short-range air defenses over their forward-most bases, in consideration of the various feasible risk certaine to emerge from such approach.
However, it is evident that air force commanders have improved their dispersal techniques to lessen the threat posed by long-range missiles, which NATO or Ukrainian intelligence can identify up to several minutes before they land. It's possible that a tiny drone that's only 45 miles away will give little to no warning before making a one-way flight.
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