Since the beginning of the war, Russia has not been able to dominate the skies of Ukraine, and in recent months, the number of Russian tactical fighter flights over the territory of the invasion has significantly decreased, it states. UK Ministry of Defence in his Monday morning assessment.

According to British military intelligence, Russian aircraft are now likely to fly a few dozen sorties a day, down from a peak of up to 300 a day in March 2022.

Russia has so far lost more than 60 aircraft in the conflict, including the Su-24M “Fencer” supersonic fighter and the Su-25 attack aircraft, which NATO named the “Frogleg” last week.

The reduction in the number of missions is probably a consequence of the continued high threat from Ukrainian air defense, the limitation of flight hours of Russian aircraft and the deterioration of weather conditions.

Since Russian ground attack tactics rely heavily on visual identification and unguided munitions, the Russian Air Force will likely continue to have a low level of ground strikes due to winter weather.

According to the estimates of the General Staff of Ukraine, Russia has lost 281 aircraft since the beginning of the invasion.