Following Russia’s initiation of military operations in neighbouring Ukraine on the morning of February 24, countries across the Western world as well as Japan have taken a range of punitive measures against Moscow ranging from harsh economic sanctions to seizing Russian civilian shipping in international waters. It was revealed on […]
Since the initiation of its military intervention in Ukraine on the morning of February 24, Russian forces have reported the neutralisation of Ukraine’s air defences within 2-3 hours, the capture of multiple airbases and population centres, and the destruction of 254 Ukrainian tanks and other armoured vehicles. While Ukraine fielded […]
Unconfirmed reports indicate that the world’s largest aircraft, the unique An-225 six engine jet built in the Soviet Union, was destroyed in clashes between Russian and Ukrainian forces on January 27. The fate of the aircraft remains uncertain, with drone footage of its hangar released on the day shows a […]
Ukraine became a client for the American Javelin handheld anti tank missile in 2018, when orders were placed for 37 launchers and 210 missiles. Hundreds more launchers and missiles were subsequently delivered both as aid and in further arms purchases, as part of a broader trend towards growing defence cooperation […]
As Russian military operations in Ukraine entered their third day, the United States took steps to escalate its support for the Ukrainian war effort. With the Ukrainian Air Force and its air defence sites built around the S-300 system having been effectively neutralised, and its tank forces relying on 1970s […]
Within 48 hours of the initiation of a Russian military campaign in neighbouring Ukraine, footage emerged of a Ukrainian airfield showing six MiG-29 fighters seriously damaged by a single Russian missile strike. The missile used was reportedly a Russian Navy 3M14 Kalibr, which is deployed by a wide range of […]
Shortly after launching its military intervention in Ukraine on February 24, it was quickly announced that the primary targets of Russian precision strikes were military infrastructure, air defence sites, airfields and aircraft. The destruction of these assets, which in the case of ground based air defences was reportedly achieved within […]
36 hours after Russian launched a military intervention in Ukraine, there have been multiple indications that the Ukrainian Air Force has suffered considerable equipment losses hindering its ability to threaten Russian forces. The priority targets in Russia’s first rounds of precision strikes were military infrastructure, air defence sites, airfields and […]
Within 24 hours of Russia’s initiation of military operations in neighbouring Ukraine, Ukrainian sources reported that one of the country’s MiG-29 fighters had shot down six Russian combat jets including three heavyweight air superiority fighters – a Su-27 and two Su-35s – as well as a single MiG-29M fighter and […]
The Ukrainian air force reportedly shot down one of its own Su-27 fighters on the night of of February 24, while the aircraft was performing an air patrol mission over Kiev. The aircraft was misidentified as a Russian fighter, as both countries notably deploy Su-27s while more advanced Su-27-derived aircraft […]