The commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces said Russia had lost over twice the number of aircraft in Ukraine than in the Soviet-Afghan War.
In the Ukraine war, Russia has been losing aircraft faster than it can replace them due to poor training of air forces, the U.K. Defense Ministry has said.
In its daily intelligence update on the Ukraine war on Monday, the ministry noted that on November 3, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said Russia had lost over twice the number of aircraft in Ukraine than it had in the nine-year Soviet-Afghan War—278 aircraft lost in Ukraine compared to 119 in Afghanistan.
"Whilst we cannot independently verify these figures, Russia's continued lack of air superiority is likely exacerbated by poor training, loss of experienced crews, and heightened risks of conducting close air support in dense air defence zones," said the U.K. Defense Ministry. Russian MiG-29 jet fighters of the Strizhi and Su-30SM jet fighters of the Russkiye Vityazi aerobatic teams fly in formation over the Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow on May 7, 2021, during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade. British intelligence said Monday that Russia was likely losing aircraft faster that it could replace them in the Ukraine war."This is unlikely to change in the next few months.
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