While the Russian military command concentrated all its forces on completing the occupation of the territory of the entire Lugansk and Donetsk regions, military analysts negatively assessed the quality of the work of the Russian air force. The Russians have not been able to achieve an advantage over the Ukrainians in the sky, so they are forced to rely on ground operations and the work of anti-aircraft missile forces, the press service of the British Ministry of Defense reports..

" The inability to consistently provide air support is likely one of the key factors behind the very limited success of the Russian campaign in Ukraine..

British intelligence sees the reason for the low efficiency of Russian aviation in more demonstrative training in order to impress. At the same time, they are not capable of performing real combat missions and taking the initiative..

And, despite the impressive list of modern and combat-ready combat aircraft, the Russians have not been able to develop an institutional culture and teach the pilots the necessary skills that would allow them to adequately respond to the situation.. Therefore, they failed to achieve full advantage in airspace.. And as a result, the military leadership of the Russian Federation is forced to rely on ground operations, which are not properly supported from the air, and on cruise missiles, which are likely to run out.

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Meanwhile, the Russian occupiers do not stop shelling the Ukrainian territory.. From the temporarily occupied Crimea, the enemy attacked the Odessa region twice with Onyx-type cruise missiles.