𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐤 𝟐 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐡 𝐑𝐚𝐥 𝐚 𝐓𝐮 𝐂𝐮𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐡 Mi 𝐇𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐡𝐦𝐮𝐧 𝐋𝐞 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐦!

𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐤 𝟐 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐡 𝐑𝐚𝐥 𝐚 𝐓𝐮 𝐂𝐮𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐡 Mi 𝐇𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐡𝐦𝐮𝐧 𝐋𝐞 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐃𝐢𝐤𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐈𝐧!
𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗶 𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮 𝘁𝘂 𝗺𝗶 𝗦𝘂-𝟯𝟬 𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝘂-𝟯𝟱 𝗵𝗶 𝗯𝗮𝘄𝗺𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘄 𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗶, 𝗵𝗻𝗮𝗵𝗻𝗮𝘄𝗸 𝗱𝗮𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗶 𝗱𝗲𝘂𝗵? 𝗦𝗨-𝟱𝟳 𝗰𝘂 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗺 𝗿𝗶𝗵 𝗹𝗼 𝗽𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗵 𝗮 𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗺 𝗹𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗮𝗵 𝗦𝘂-𝟯𝟬 𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝘂-𝟯𝟱 𝗸𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗶. Ukraine ah Russia vanlawng thabik 2 nih ral an tu. Sukhoi Su-30SM le a changtu Su-35S Flanker-E an si hna. Hi vanlawng 2 hi Soviet Su-27 zohchun in an serthar mi an si. Russia vanlawng 2nd le 3rd Generation Flankers nih cun Ukraine MiG-29 le Su-27 cu an doh hna i, Su-34 bombers he tangti in ke ralkap pawl an kah hna.

𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐢 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞) 𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐡𝐦𝐢 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐨 𝐦𝐢 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐡 𝐡𝐧𝐚. 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐳𝐞𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐡, 𝐳𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐮𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐡, 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢 𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐮 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐢 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐢: Ukraine ah an hman ngaimi Su-35S units, Russia Air Force nih Su-35 lawng 128 ai ngeih i, tam u cu Ukraine ah a hman hna. 159th Fighter Aviation Regiment (vanlawng phu 2 ah lawng 24-30 tiang, Besovets at).

790th Fighter Aviation Regiment (vanlawng phu 1 le MiG-31 vanlawng phu 2 ah lawng 12 cu Khotilovo ah). 23th Fighter Regiment (vanlawng phu 2 ah lawng 24; Eastern Military District in kuatmi,).

22nd Fighter Aviation Regiment ah a tangmi hi Su-35S vanlawng phu pakhat lawng a um cang. Cun training le testing ca i an chiahmi lawng 25 an um. Russia vanlawng VKS’s Su-35 lawng 24 cu Egypt nih cawk a timh ko nain, ai let than cang. Iran drones he kan i thleng hna lai, tiin nai ah khan Russia nih a chim.

𝐒𝐮-𝟑𝟎 𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐧𝐚; Su-30SM (Flanker-H) hi minung pahnih citmi a si i, a hnung i a thumi nih hin hriamnam le hlathlainak rian a tlai i, a bikin tanglei kahnak caah hin a si khun. Hi vanlawng hi a thla a hme i, khulrang tein a hnuhmai ai mer kho. Buainak a um hlan ah khan cun, VKS nih ai ngeihmi Su-35SM hi lawng 91 an si i, Su-27M3 hi lawng 24 an si.

Russia Naval Aviation nih Su-30SM lawng 22 an hman i, Su-30SM2 ‘Super Sukhois’ lawng 4 an i ngeih.Su-27SM3 vanlawng hi mongtu pakhat lawng citmi a si i, VKS nih an tharchuah hna i, counter-air defense caah biataktein an hman hna. Crimea ah hin, Russia Navy nih Su-30M2 lawng 19 an i ngeih. Hi vanlawng hi Su-30MK2 zohchun in an sermi a si i, Su-30SM nakin tlawmte a sining a niamdeuh. Nihin i hman khawh lo mi Russia vanlawng phurtu tilawng Admiral Kuznetsov ah hman an i tim. Ukraine ah hman a si le si lo theih a si rih lo.

𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐡 𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐤𝐚𝐩 𝐚𝐡 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐮-𝟐𝟕 𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐮-𝟑𝟎 𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐰𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐠; 3rd Composite Aviation Regiment (two Su-27SM3 squadron, one each Su-27 and Su-30 trainer squadrons, Ka-27 detachment) at Krymsk. 14th Fighter Aviation Regiment (two squadrons; 24 aircraft; Kursk; active over Kharkiv region). 31st Fighter Aviation Regiment (two squadrons; 24 aircraft; Millerovo). 38th Fighter Regiment (Belbek, 5 reportedly deployed to Krymsk/Primorsko-Krai). 43rd Naval Attack Regiment (one squadron Su-30SMs (12 aircraft) as well as Su-24s; Saki Airbase, Crimea.

𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐡 𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐤𝐚𝐩 𝐚𝐡 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐮-𝟐𝟕 𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐮-𝟑𝟎 𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐰𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐠; 3rd Composite Aviation Regiment (two Su-27SM3 squadron, one each Su-27 and Su-30 trainer squadrons, Ka-27 detachment) at Krymsk. 14th Fighter Aviation Regiment (two squadrons; 24 aircraft; Kursk; active over Kharkiv region). 31st Fighter Aviation Regiment (two squadrons; 24 aircraft; Millerovo). 38th Fighter Regiment (Belbek, 5 reportedly deployed to Krymsk/Primorsko-Krai). 43rd Naval Attack Regiment (one squadron Su-30SMs (12 aircraft) as well as Su-24s; Saki Airbase, Crimea.

March hnu in cun air-to-air kahdohnak i ai awtmi le a thimi an karh chinchin cang. Kaphnih lei in an ralkap pawl kilven an i hmaithlak cang caah, an vanlawng sunghmi cazin zong an langhter duh tuk ti hna lo. Russia Flankers pawl zong ceilak in Ukraine kut a tong ve. Su-24M lawng 2 le Su-25 lawng 1 an sung. March 8 ahkhan Chernihiv pawngah Ukraine Mi-8 helicopters 3 Russia nih a thlak. Asinain, Russia vanlawng pawl nih hin Ukraine ke ralkap hi a kham kho hna lo. Cun, Ukraine vanlawng zong nih Russia ke ralkap hi a kham kho ve hlei hna lo.

Vanlawng khat le khat naih tein an i kahnak video pakhat lawng a um. Su-35 nih Ukraine Mi-14 helicopter cu Odesa Bay ah a kah i, a tlau beh. Cu hnu ah cun Russia Flankers nih R-73 missile in cu helicopter cu tla lak in a kah.
Russia vanlawng pawl hi radar kongah le lamhla kah khawhnak thazaang ruangah, Ukraine vanlawng pawl nih an hmuh khawh lo nak hmun in a langtlang in an kah khawh hna. Asinain, Ukraine ke ralkap hna an thazaang hi tih a nuntuk ve caah, Russia pilots pawl nih Ukraine ram chung tiang vung zuan i kahdohnak tuah hi an zenh ngaingai.

𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐤 𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐮𝐡𝐧𝐚𝐤 𝐥𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐝𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐚𝐤; Su-30SM le Su-35S hna hi Russia i Ral Pawl Van Ralvennak a Teitu, ti an si i, Kh-31P le Kh-31PM missile an bunh hna. Ral nih an i ngeihmi radar nih a phak lo nak meng 70 in 155 hrawng ai hlatnak hmun in ral pawl kahkhawhnak thazaang a ngeimi missile an si. Hi missile hi aw (sound) nakin a let 2 in a rang i, Ukraine van ralvennak Buk le S-300P system a hmaitlaktu hriamnam an si. Su-35 nih hin Kh-58 anti-radiation missile ai ngeih. Ral ai thok ka hrawngah khan cun Russia hi a hlawh a tling ngai ko nain, Russia SEAD nih hin Ukraine van ralvennak a si mi S-300 le Buk systems hi a tei kho hna lo. Ukraine nih tuah 300 reng an i ngeih.

𝐒𝐞𝐩. 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐤 𝐤𝐚 𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐠 𝐢 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐡 𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐤 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐦𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐮 𝐎𝐫𝐲𝐱 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐡 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐢 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫: 10x 5P85-series launchers for mobile S-300PS long-range systems. 12x 5P851A launchers for trailer-based S-300PT long-range systems. 5x 5N63S Flaplid radars used by S-300PS systems. 5x 9A31 and 93A39M1 transporters-erector-launchers for Buk-M1 medium-range system. 2x IL22 Parol radars. 2x 36D6 mobile tin shield radar. 1x PRV-13 “Odd Pair” height-finder radar. 2x P-series radars (P-19, P-35/37).

Cazin chung i ai tel lo mi an um rih. SEAD ruangah si lo in, tlaih a tongmi hi cazin ah an lang lo. SEAD raltuknak kongah Russia hi thitha in training a ngei lo, cun hmuhtonmi zong a ngei lo, ti a lang. Cu lawng si lo, Kh-31 ai bunhmi Flankers vanlawn hi Ukraine van ralvennak hi a thlak khawh len hna. Ral hna nih an hmanmi van ralvennak missile phak khawh lo nakin SAM nih Kh-31 hmangin an kah hna nain hmual a ngei taktak lem lo. Cun, Ukraine ralkap pawl nih ARM van i zuan an hmuh tik paoh ah an SAM operators pawl nih an radar an hmih/phih tak tawn hna caah a si fawn, tiin British military aviation analyst Justin Bronk nih RUSI ah ca a tial.

July le August ah khan Russia nih a SEAD kahdohnak cu biatak tein a kalpi, tiah Tom Cooper nih a chim. Il-20M telchih in a vanlawng 20 bak a ralkap umnak lei ah a zuanter hna. A-50 SRDLO, SU-24MR, SAP-14 ai bunhmi Su-34, Kh-58 ai bunhmi Su-35 le Kh-59M ai bunhmi Su-34 hi a hmanmi vanlawng cu an si. Ni fatin in a kuat hna, tiin Cooper nih a chim.

Asinain, cu ti ngaingai in cun an hlawh cu a tling ruam lo. Hrawhmi ngaingai an ngei lo. Ralhauka a ummi Ukraine ralkap pawl hi punghman te an si thiam ko, tiin a chim. Buaktlakin zoh ah cun, Ukraine van ralvennak thazaang tu hi an hlawh a tling i, an himnak dingah Russia vanlawng pawl hi ram vaih in an vaih hna. Russia hi a langtlang in ral pawl sining hlathlainak ah a chambau ngai i, Ukraine van ralvennak system pawl drone in kah le hrawhpiak zong a ti kho hlei lo.

𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐝𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐚𝐤; Su-30 le Su-35 hna hi tanglei kahnak caah an si bik i, Kh-59 missile hmangin meng 124 in 180 hlat tiang a kah khawh. Van ralvennak system in kah phak lo nak khi a si. Flanker nih ai hmanmi Kh-59 nih hin Ukraine vanlawng dinhnak, warehouse, inn le lo, mipi zumput (toilet) tiang in a kah. Asinain, Kh-59 missile hi Ukraine van ralvennak nih cei lak a thlak ve.

Russia Flankers vanlawng pawl hi tanglei ralkap pawl unguided bomb in kahnak caah le Sumy le Kharkiv i sehzung pawl rockets in kahnak ah an hman hna. Snake Island tu ah hin thadeuh in tan an la i, Ukraine vanlawng pawl rak kah dingin thazaang an chuah. Ukraine bombers, helicopters le TB2 drones pawl Snake Island pawngah kan thlak hna, tiin Russia nih a chim. Tehte bel a um lo. Ukraine ralkap kut i Snake Island a phak than hnu cun, Su-30SM lawng 2 nih bomb in a kah than hna. Video a cuan ningah, bomb 3 lakah 1 lawng nih a khen.

𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐦𝐢 𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐰𝐥; Su-35 vanlawng phu 2 ningin a dihlak in kan hrawh hna, tiin Ukraine nih a chim. Asinain, an hrawhmi vanlawng ai rawkmi cu pahnih thum hrawng lawng a si. Russia belte nih cun an vanlawng ai rawhnak a ruang hi zeitik hmanh ah an langhter bal lo. Asinain, R-77-1 le Kh-31P missile ai bunhmi Su-35S cu April 3 ahkhan Izium pawngah an hrawh.

Ai rawkmi Su-35 cu UK le US lei ah zohfel dingin an kuat. July ah khan Khakovka pawngah Su-30 asiloah Su-35 meikhu tom he a tlak lio an hmuh. Mah hi vanlawng hi cu Ukraine asiloah Russia lila nih an kah sualmi si dawh a si. HIMARS rocket nih a kah mi a si kho lai, tiin a ti mi zong an um. Su-30 vanlawng hi kah a tong khun an si i, 3 hi Ukraine vanlawng ni a thlak i, 5 hrawng hi tang ah an tla, ti a si.

𝐀𝐢 𝐭𝐥𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐤, 𝐭𝐢𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢 𝐒𝐮-𝟑𝟎; 2/25: Ukraine Tochka missile nih Millerovo ah Su-30SM pakhat an thlak, 3/05: Russian Navy 43rd Naval Attack Regiment in Su-30SM cu Bashtanka pawng ah Ukraine van ralvennak nih a thlak. A mongtu an tlaih. 3/05: a pahnihnak Su-30SM tu hi cu a ruang theih set lo in a tla. 3/13: Su-30SM of 14th Fighter Regiment (Kursk) hi Kramatorsk pawng i pee 19,000 sang a zuan lio ah an kah.

A mongtu an tlaih. OFAB-250 unguided bomb in Kharkiv a kah hnu ah an kah hi a si. August ah khan RF81771 vanlawng ai rawkmi an hmuh. 8/03: 3-4 Su-30SM le Su-30M2s hi Crimea i Ski Airbase ah Ukraine nih an hrawh. Pakhat bak zong ceilak in ai rawk. A tawinak in cun, Russia chanthar vanlawng Su-30 le Su-35 Flankers hna hi Ukraine vanlawng thing pawl nakin cun a let in an tha deuh. Radar le hriamnam kong hrim ah a tha deuh.

Asinain, Ukraine nih thatein ai remhsiammi a van ralvennak thazaang hi VKS’s SEAD nih a tei kho lo i, cu ti a van ralvennak a thawn ve caah cun, nitlaklei i a chiahmi a vanlawng pawl cu thatein rian a tuanter khawh hna i, Russia ralkap pawl le VKS vanlawng pawl thawngtha kho lo dingin a tuah hna. Mah hihi zoh tikah, Russia a sunghnak a ruang hi technology ruangah si lo in, timhlamhnak thitha an ngeih lo ruangah le kalning (doctrine) thitha an ngeih lo ruangah a si. Cun Ukraine vanralvennak a ning le a cang zong thitha in a theih khawh lo caah a si. Credit: Chelsea Bawi