Russian Air Force

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have dealt a severe blow to Russian military installations in the temporarily occupied Crimea peninsula. Reports indicate that the strikes targeted the airport in the city of Dzhankoi, a key hub from which Russian invaders have been launching missiles towards Odesa.

As NATO commemorates its 75th anniversary, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reaffirmed the alliance's unwavering commitment to Ukraine during a high-level meeting in Brussels.

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that Russia has no intention of attacking NATO countries such as Poland, the Baltic states, or the Czech Republic. However, he issued a stark warning that Russian forces would shoot down any F-16 fighter jets provided to Ukraine by Western powers.

First, a Ukrainian drone damaged an A-50 on the ground in Belarus last year. Subsequently, on January 14, a Ukrainian long-range missile shot down an A-50 over the Sea of Azov in southern Ukraine. Six weeks later, on February 23, in the same area, another Ukrainian missile destroyed the third A-50, writes Forbes.

This number cannot be confirmed, it may be slightly lower - or even higher, but no one disputes the fact that the Ukrainians shot down a lot of enemy planes last month.

In recent weeks, however, everything has changed in the sky above Avdiivka - a former Ukrainian stronghold northwest of occupied Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Forbes writes.

They believe it is the first use of the missile system in six months.
In its latest intelligence update, the UK Ministry of Defense said that on December 14, 2023, the Russian Air Force most likely carried out the first use of the AS-24 Kinzhal ballistic missile since August 2023.

It is, as reported by Slobodna Dalmacija, the precise operation led by the missiles of the powerful U.S. Patriot anti-aircraft system.
In the video, which was published on July 3, it can be seen that two Russian fighters and three Russian helicopters are engraved on the side of the Patriot battery, and the date of demolition - May 13 - is written below them.

Ukrainian security agency SBU said soldiers tried "without coordination with relevant state authorities" to seize a Russian plane last July after its pilot said he was going to defect.

Russia has so far suffered losses of nearly 180,000 killed or wounded in Ukraine, while Ukrainians have suffered 100,000 military casualties and wounded plus 30,000 civilian deaths, according to estimates announced on Sunday by Norway's army chief