A U.S. military officer told Newsweek that Russia's 40-mile convoy seems a 'super juicy target looking from the sky,' but Ukrainian forces 'can't do anything about it.'
Russia has established effective dominance over the skies of Ukraine, leaving little room for Kyiv's remaining warplanes to operate, even as Moscow sends in an apparently stalled, vulnerable convoy of reinforcements by land, aviators with military experience told"They're essentially grounded. If they fly, they die," Ward Carrol, a retired U.S.
Ukraine still retains some of its anti-aircraft capabilities, including in the form of shoulder-fired Stinger missiles provided by the United States. But the threat posed by these platforms is largely limited to"assault helicopters and transport aircraft trying to land," Carrol said. As long as Ukraine fails to attain"air superiority or parity," one combat military aviator with theater planning experience told,"the Russian ground forces can achieve freedom of movement with impunity...i.e. a 40-mile long invasion convoy on an open road."
And with Russia having targeted not only airfield and anti-air equipment but also radar sites in the opening salvo last week and ensuing strikes on Ukraine, Kyiv's visibility is likely limited as well.
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