After Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine on February 24, Russia has continuously attacked Ukrainian Air Force targets as well as a large number of airports and air defense facilities. According to Russia, the Ukrainian Air Force Air Force was in a state of annihilation that day. However, in today's conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the Ukrainian Air Force Air Force is constantly sending fighter planes into the sky, and these fighters include both fixed-wing and fixed-wing aircraft. Fighters, including helicopters, and even the Ukrainian Air Force have been in a state of "endless fighting." Judging from Russia's current public war reports, the number of Ukrainian fighter jets destroyed by Russia has exceeded the number that Ukraine had before the war. The reason for this phenomenon is that Ukraine is repairing a large number of war-damaged aircraft, and that Ukraine has received weapons and equipment support from some Western countries, especially some Eastern European countries that also have Soviet-made aircraft. Weaponry.
At present, the most frequently used by the Ukrainian Air Force are the Mi24 armed helicopters and Mi8 helicopters. Some of the Mi24 armed helicopters are also supported by Czech . Because the Mi24 armed helicopters supported by the Czech Republic are in a hurry, even the aircraft There was no time to change the painting. It was simply painted with the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag . In addition, some Mi-8 helicopters are also supported by the United States. The US-supported helicopters are actually Mi-17 helicopters . , but the Mi-17 helicopter is also the successor model of the Mi-8 helicopter.
According to a video recently released by the Ukrainian military on its social media, the Ukrainian military is using a large number of Mi-8 helicopters and Mi-24 armed helicopters to launch rockets and bombs against the Russian army. Two types of helicopters are shown in it. Intensive launches of rocket bombings against the Russian army show that when Ukraine uses rocket bombs, most of them align the nose of the aircraft to launch rockets into the sky. This is also because the parabolic principle can be used to allow the rockets to reach farther. range, and after completing the rocket launch, the Ukrainian army will quickly throw out a large number of interference bombs to avoid being hit by the Russian anti-aircraft missiles. However, it can be seen that during the Ukrainian attack on Russia, there was no A Russian air defense system opened fire to shoot down the helicopters.
It is worth mentioning that the video also showed that the Ukrainian Mi-8 pilot was playing with his mobile phone while flying the plane, and continuously fired rockets at the Russian troops. War research believes that Ukraine’s purpose of releasing such a video is quite To be clear, it is to provoke and humiliate Russia. In fact, the current no-fly zone established by Russia is quite limited. However, the reason why Russia’s no-fly zone cannot truly implement the no-fly zone is that Russia’s air defense strength is not enough. .
Faced with the "mysterious" Ukrainian Air Force, Russia should continue to intensify its strikes. It must first destroy all airport runways in Ukraine and destroy these aircraft on the ground. At the same time, Russia must also cut off the West. The country's military aid route to Ukraine, otherwise these Eastern European countries can continue to provide Ukraine with helicopters or other fixed-wing aircraft accessories. Text/Iris
