Russia strikes airfields. Were Su-27s really destroyed in Myrhorod and how does this threaten F-16s
Russian propagandists claim to have destroyed two Su-27 fighters in Myrhorod. Ukraine officially doesn't comment. But someone is still bombing the occupiers
On July 1, the Russians hit the airfield in Myrhorod with a ballistic missile. Propagandists immediately claimed that as a result of the strike, they managed to destroy two Ukrainian supersonic Su-27 fighters.
The Air Force officially doesn't comment on this strike to LIGA.net. But information about it has sparked a series of discussions about Ukraine's ability to protect its military airfields and the long-awaited F-16 aircraft that are soon to be based there.
"It's premature to panic that all our F-16s will be knocked out here," Ivan Kyrychevsky, a military analyst at the Defense Express Media and Consulting Company, tells LIGA.net.
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