'Russian bombers are burning en masse' — Ukraine's SBU drones hit 'more than 40' aircraft in mass attack, source says
kyivindependent.com
"Currently, more than 40 aircraft are known to have been hit, including the A-50, Tu-95 and Tu-22 M3," a source told the Kyiv Independent.
  • martin4598@lemm.ee
    20·
    1 year ago

    An aircraft hit by explosive is usually pretty much unairworthy, at least for some times.

    • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      And I’m guessing Russia doesn’t have much of a supply of usable spare parts for all these aircraft.

      • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        12·
        1 year ago

        Some of these aircraft are leftovers from the USSR days and were built in Ukraine so there are no parts and no facilities in Russia to make them.

        For the modern ones, Russia is having trouble getting the parts due to sanctions, even with all the help from China.