Russian Army May Be Hunting for F-16s: Do They Know Something We Don’t?

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Shankar Narayan
5 min read3 days ago
A highly important location for Ukrainian airforce. If you are non medium user, you can read the full story using this link

Back-to-back hits on Ukrainian airfields have raised my concerns.

On Tuesday, Russians fired two missiles into Myrhorod airbase. Then on Wednesday, the Russian army targeted the Ukrainian airfield at Poltava, which is not far from Myrhorod airbase. Both airbases are located in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.

Poltava Oblast is an extremely important area for the Ukrainian air force. It is not too close to the border and not too far from the front line. As a result, the airfields in this oblast will continue to play a major role in Ukrainian air force operations.

The outcome of these twin attacks is being furiously disputed by both sides. Ukraine does not deny these Russian attacks, but they have kept silent about the extent of the damage. Let us stay out of the results for a bit and analyze what is going on, why this is happening, and what can be done to stop this from happening.

Russia has reconnaissance drones that can reach far into Ukraine

On both occasions, Russia’s defense ministry released footage of the attack. Open-source investigators confirmed that the locations hit were indeed the ones the Russian army claimed.

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Shankar Narayan

He didn't care what he had or what he had left, he cared only about what he must do.