The main staff of the enemy’s pilots is either dead or captured. Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to the head of the President's Office, said this on Channel 24.
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Hostile aircraft massively shot down by Ukrainian Armed Forces
He explained the invaders had assembled 500 military aircraft, with 350 being combat-ready at best. However, attacks were performed by maximum 120-150 of those, and some experts even consider this number to be 100.
As of the morning of March 17, 87 combat aircraft had been shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This means that the occupiers have the half of the combat vehicles they used in aviation left at best.
" it's a catastrophe", – Arestovych stressed.
Adviser to the head of the President's Office noted it would be difficult for Russia to acquire new aircraft. It is also unclear how Russia is going to fix damaged aircraft.