The Ukrainian Air Force controls the vast majority of the country's territory, with the exception of the eastern and southern operational zones.
From the first day of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war, the Russian army has been trying to destroy the Ukrainian Air Force and establish airspace control. Despite all the efforts of the occupiers, the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to control the vast majority of territories in the country, according to the press service of the British Ministry of Defense.
“Russia has failed to effectively destroy Ukraine's air force or suppress Ukraine's air defense system. Ukraine continues to threaten Russian aviation,” the daily report said.
Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 27 April 2022
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< p style = "text-align: justify;">“Russia has very limited air access to northern and western Ukraine, and is limited to long-range strikes with appropriate weapons. Russia continues to strike at Ukrainian military facilities and logistics infrastructure throughout the country.”
Air strikes on Mariupol, according to British intelligence, carried out uncontrolled free-fall bombs. As such tools significantly reduce the targeting of strikes, the risk of civilian casualties increases significantly.
We will remind, Russia struck missile on the bridge through the Dniester estuary, part of the Odessa area is cut off from communication with Ukraine.
See special topic: The United States has established a coordination center for military assistance to Ukraine – CNN The center is located in Germany. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry complains about the West's reluctance to involve Minsk in Ukraine-Russia talks Minsk wants “their interests to be taken into account”. More than 610 children have been injured since the Russian invasion in Ukraine – Prosecutor General's Office 217 children have died. State Department: “US ready to change course towards Russia in case of de-escalation in Ukraine” At the same time, the State Department stated that they want to take such measures to prevent Russia from to start a war similar to the Russian-Ukrainian one. The occupiers fired artillery at the Dnipropetrovsk region – the head of the OVA The city of Zelenodolsk, the villages of Maryanske and Velyka Kostromka were affected.
