“We can speculate that the bulk of Ukrainian aircraft was destroyed in 2022. What survived was somehow restored or repaired... The Ukrainian Armed Forces now have a very limited fleet of aircraft. In this sense, every aircraft is, of course, valuable to them, especially the Su-27,” Kornev said.
“If they were lined up the way planes are parked at airfields during peacetime, more of them could have been [destroyed], about 10-15. Here, you need to understand that the planes were stationed in individual protective aircraft shelters. That is, a shelter housing a single plane. The dispersal area of cluster munitions is approximately the size of a stadium, or even slightly larger.… In other words, several dozen combat elements hit the aircraft, which are made of light metal and do not have protective armor.”