Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 17 MAR 2023 03:15 PDT - Slovakia To Transfer Mig-29s to Ukraine

But, the problem i think is not te money or the costs, both f16 and a10 are really old planes, It IS polítical (never any conuntry had a10 before) and at least half a year of intense training.

F16 and warthogs plus antiair capacity that ucranian alteady have, is the end of russian army capacities

Unclear - what they may mean is due to the advances from the north and south - which are on the west side of the river - in that respect, it is true

Ukrainian aviation is doing more than people think, but we don't hear about it much. The environment is air parity right now and these aircraft are more about sustainment. I still believe Ukraine needs F-16 for CAP, SEAD/DEAD and A-10 for CAS using standoff weapons not brrrrtttt

CNBC is saying Russia has gained footholds on the west side of the Bakhmutka River. Any truth in that?

Just read up on it a bit, both Russia and Ukraine suffered heavy losses to their air forces in this conflict. Ukraine lost about 50% of their air power. They still have a decent amount but strategically I believe it would be unwise to continue with such attrition.

There has been very, very little said about Ukrainian aviation. There was the initial invasion where they were seen to take a large part in the defense, and a couple of pretty incredible clips of dogfights (as well as a few fake ones too). The legend of the Ghost of Kyiv was born and probably a number of pilots, not just the actions of one person. And then there's been the occasional go pro clip of a Ukrainian pilot flying nap-of-the-earth or report of UA aviation carry out air support or an ace being shot down. But there doesn't seem to be any publicity on the scale of their impact or state. Is this due to Ukraine purposefully obscuring and scrubbing the information (likely) or is it just being ignored by the media?

Luke