The Ukrainian Air Force seems to have become a mystery, almost after the first wave of missile strikes, the Russian side claimed that the Ukrainian Air Force had been destroyed, but what happened afterwards showed that the Russian Ministry of Defense overestimated its own strike capabilities, the Ukrainian Air Force continued to attack, intercepting Russian fighters and cruise missiles at the same time, but also constantly bombing Russian ground forces, and even the "Kiev ghost" (doubtful). The effective cooperation of the Ukrainian Air Force and the Ukrainian Ground Air Defense Force has led to the Fact that the Russian Army has not yet seized air supremacy, and many Russian fighters, including the Su-30SM and Su-34, have been shot down.
It is undeniable that the Already Small Ukrainian Air Force is facing the dilemma of rapid attrition in high-intensity combat, and according to the latest briefing issued by Major General Igor Konashenkov of the Russian Ministry of Defense on March 6, the Russian army has basically disarmed the Ukrainian Air Force and destroyed 93 fixed-wing fighters and helicopters of the Ukrainian Army, of which 69 were shot down and 24 were destroyed on the ground. Even if the briefing is hydrated, other information can verify that the Ukrainian Air Force is becoming less and less capable of flying fighters.
Since the beginning of the war, whether NATO to provide fighters to Ukraine has become a topic of concern for all parties, nato's many eastern member states, such as Poland and other countries, equipped with a lot of Cold War era Soviet-made fighters, especially miG-29, although these MiG-29, although upgraded, but in terms of ammunition and other aspects can not be used with most NATO members, plus the airframe life is about to run out, is it sooner or later to be eliminated, should it play a residual heat, it is provided to Ukraine?
Also on March 6, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken announced that the U.S. government was working with the Polish government to negotiate whether it could induce Poland to provide Ukraine with "warplanes they are familiar with," and that the United States would provide Poland with American-made fighter jets in return. But the Polish government again denied the report, claiming that negotiations were underway and that no decision had yet been made, stressing that Poland would not supply fighter jets to Ukraine and would not allow Ukraine to use Polish airports. Moscow has issued a clear warning not to allow neighboring countries to provide airports for the Ukrainian Air Force, hinting at military retaliation, including attacks on neighboring airfields that are allowed to be used by the Ukrainian Air Force.
For the Ukrainian Air Force, the only supplement that can be obtained at present is probably the "Barakta" TB-2 UAV made in Turkey, there are a large number of pictures and videos showing that this small and medium-sized drone that can carry 4 anti-tank missiles is active in the skies over Ukraine, the target includes both Russian tanks and Russian supply convoys, and even only needs a blow to make the entire Russian convoy stop, many tanks are therefore actively abandoned by the crew, many analysts believe that these Turkish-made drones, It remains the Russian army's most troubled adversary, even though it has already dealt with it in Places like Syria, Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Compared to the fixed-wing fighters of the Ukrainian Air Force, the TB-2 is smaller and difficult to detect not only by radar, but also by optical equipment. Because there is no satellite communication equipment installed, its maximum control distance is only 150 kilometers, the bomb load of 4 missiles is barely enough, compared with the activity of TB-2, the Russian army has also released its armed drone strike video, but only hit the fixed targets such as Ukrainian military posts. The base deployed with TB-2 unmanned aerial vehicles has become the key target of the Russian army, and as for the strike effect, it depends on whether the Ukrainian army will continue to dispatch TB-2 UAVs.