The U.S. and NATO allies have refused to send Ukraine warplanes over concerns it would escalate the war, but a senior U.S. defense official confirmed Wednesday that “spare parts” have been sent instead.
A Ukrainian Army soldier inspects fragments of a downed aircraft in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. It was unclear what aircraft crashed and what brought it down amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Russia is pressing its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides.
Defense officials estimate that Russia has levied upwards of 1,670 missiles at Ukrainian targets since the invasion commenced nearly eight weeks ago. "It appears as if one of the things they've tried to learn to do better is air-to-ground integration," the senior U.S. defense official said."We're seeing some preliminary signs of that here in the early phases of this Donbas fight."
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