Our sources in the President's Office reported that two of the three military airfields that Ukraine was preparing to receive F-16 aircraft were destroyed by enemy missile strikes. According to information from the General Staff, expressed in the Office of the President, it is proposed to use civilian airports as alternative airfields for servicing Western F-16 fighter jets.
The hovering bombs used by the enemy, ranging in size from 250 kilograms to 1.5 tons, according to the British edition of The Sunday Times, allow Russian forces to effectively attack Ukrainian fortifications, leaving minimal chances of survival for the military. The situation at the front is becoming more and more difficult, as even the construction of three lines of defense for thousands of kilometers may prove ineffective.
Russia has an outdated stockpile of aerial bombs that cannot be used in the traditional way due to the threat to aircraft from Ukrainian air defenses. But since last year, they have switched to using guided aerial bombs and high-explosive aerial bombs with guidance systems similar to the American JDAM. These planing munitions allow Russian bombers to attack targets from a long distance, beyond the range of Ukrainian air defense, which creates serious challenges for the defense of Ukraine.
Over the past week, Russia has dropped about 700 hovercraft bombs, one of which caused significant destruction in Kharkiv, killing one person and injuring 19. High-explosive and guided aerial bombs also damaged border towns in Sumy Oblast. The use of planning bombs became one of the factors that contributed to the capture of Avdiivka by Russian troops.
