WASHINGTON — US specialists counsel that Moscow could search assist from Beijing. I.e. leasing or shopping for Chinese language fighter jets. Journalist Peter Suciu writes that such a chance exists, however is unlikely to occur. Nevertheless, he remembers in his article that Russian assault helicopters and plane have been coaching collectively with their Chinese language counterparts. It’s in regards to the “Vostok-2022” navy train. Suciu didn’t rule out the chance that Moscow used the train to barter with Beijing for the lease or sale of Chinese language fighter jets.
There’s already proof that Moscow is shopping for weapons. Iranian drones purchased and delivered to Russia is already previous information. Just some days in the past, it was confirmed that Russia is shopping for medium-range missiles from North Korea. A few of these missiles, specialists say, are previous Soviet ones. I.e. Moscow is shopping for again its manufactured weapons.
Along with the doable acquisition of Chinese language plane, Suciu suggests, though it’s not clear, that the Russian pilots and gear concerned within the joint Russian-Chinese language train would be the subsequent to be despatched to the entrance.
Russia is dropping fighter jets
Russia is dropping many fighter jets within the conflict with Ukraine. The anticipated air superiority didn’t materialize. There are spectacular accounts from Ukraine of Ukrainian troopers in regards to the fighters they shot down. Though, they can’t be confirmed, the tales are reality, and have turn into legends.
For instance, Yaroslav Melnyk, commander of the Bus-M1 anti-aircraft missile battery, claimed to have shot down 11 fighters, two helicopters, two missiles and 13 unmanned aerial autos.
Much more unimaginable is his story that he shot down a Russian fighter with out firing a missile. In accordance with him, the Buk-M1 was not but absolutely deployed they usually solely used the system’s radars to focus on the Russian fighter. This led to a pointy maneuver by the Russian pilot, who assumed {that a} missile had already been fired at him, inflicting him to lose management of the plane and crash. “He realized he had turned from hunter to focus on,” Melnyk defined. “It in all probability shocked the pilot a lot that he ejected instantly. The airplane crashed.”
One other unimaginable story comes from a Ukrainian pensioner who “had shot down a Su-34 with solely a rifle”. There isn’t any affirmation of this incident, however this didn’t forestall the Ukrainian navy from awarding the Ukrainian pensioner with a medal for “heroism”.
Losses are a reality
Regardless of the unimaginable tales, the losses of the Russian Air Pressure in Ukraine are a reality. Outdoors of the superb tales, we’ve repeatedly shared details about downed Russian Su-34 fighter jets. The Su-25 and Su-24 have been most frequently hit, and to date there may be proof of no less than three Su-35 fighters being shot down.
Final however not least, the assault on the Saki air base in Crimea dealt a severe blow to the Russian Air Pressure. Simply due to the assault and in simply sooner or later, Russia misplaced eight Su-37 fighters, 4 Su-30 fighter-bombers, 5 Su-24 bombers, six Mi-8 helicopters and one IL-20 telemetry plane.
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