Today, the Russian Federation still has several thousand aircraft.
, that Russia has withdrawn 430 combat aircraft and 360 helicopters to the borders with Ukraine. Today, during the telethon, he explained that it is not about additional forces, but about the total number of troops that the occupiers have concentrated there even before the start of a full-scale invasion.
“There were 450 planes and 250 helicopters. Despite the fact that more than 200 planes and more than 200 helicopters have already been destroyed, Russia is simply replenishing those aviation stocks that were destroyed by our defenders with air defense. And thus somewhat increased the helicopter units that are around the Ukrainian borders and have now increased to 360. These are 155 attack helicopters, and the rest are military transports,” Ignat said.
According to him, today the Russian Federation still has about 4,000 aircraft.
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