The long-awaited counteroffensive is now in its third week, but the Ukrainian forces have not even reached the first line of Russia's defense, having gotten bogged down in the so-called "forefield".
This time, Kiev is writing off its failures by saying that the West has not supplied enough, while pleading for F-16s to achieve if not an advantage, then parity in the air.
Earlier this month, the Kiev regime has thrown its troops, bolstered by NATO weapons such as Leopard heavy tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles, into the much-touted 'counteroffensive'. However, the advance has run into formidable Russian defensive lines, resulting in significant casualties for Ukraine.
Ukrainian soldiers and pilots are complaining to Western media that the main challenge for them is Russia’s absolute air supremacy, which makes it difficult for the Kiev regime's ground forces to achieve any results.
“At the moment, we can’t do anything. We can’t fight them at all with our missiles, and with our radars,” a Ukrainian MiG-29 pilot told Western media.
Western mass media, quoting a Ukrainian battalion commander of the 128th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade, note that Russian aviation is using extremely efficient tactics and strategies on the front lines of combat operations.
In total, Ukraine has received 45 Su-25s and MiG-29s from NATO and allied nations in Europe, but even that is not enough to compete with Russian airpower such as Ka-52 and Mi-28 attack helicopters and Su-25 strike fighters, which daily inflict missile and bomb attacks on Ukraine’s accumulation of manpower, weapons and military equipment supplied by the West.
The unwavering belief in Western aid gives hope to the Ukrainian military, as Kiev firmly believes that if NATO decides to provide Ukraine with F-16s, it will greatly enhance its ability to reverse the current situation and achieve a somewhat favorable outcome.
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