The Ukraine Air War Moves to Russia - Drone attacks, F-16s & Changing tactics

Sponsored by Ground News: Compare news coverage, spot media bias, avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 30% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/perun

While the Ukrainian army has demonstrated that it's capable of fighting Russian forces on the ground, the air-war in Ukraine has always been far more asymmetric. In this episode we look at the changing nature of that war, including the emergence of behind-the-lines strikes, and the upcoming arrival of the much awaited F-16s for Ukraine's air force.

Patreon:
  / perunau  

Caveats & corrections:
All normal caveats and cautions apply, including, as always, the nature of the content as entertainment and all the risks of error etc

I also at one point refer to the 'fuel tank' of drones - note that many deployed drones will have metal batteries rather than fuel tanks

I also refer to UA getting Block 20 MLU F-16s on one slide - see pin

Sources & Reading:

The Russian Way of War (Grau & Bartles)
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/porta...

Ian Williams - Russia's strike campaign in Ukraine
https://www.csis.org/analysis/putins-...

Ukraine sortie figures
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/...

http://armyinform.com.ua/2023/08/26/v...

Justin Bronk - Russian Combat AIr Strengths and Limitations:
https://www.cna.org/reports/2023/05/r...

Tu-22M strike
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe...

Ukraine getting creative to gain a free Mi-8
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/20...

Russia reporting on the Novgorod drone strike
https://tass.com/defense/1662561

Russian reporting on Pskov strike
https://tass.com/emergencies/1667093

UA statement on a 'new long range weapon'
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukr...

F-16 Announcement:
Back in April 2022:
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2...

https://twitter.com/KpsZSU/status/150...

CSIS - Ian Williams - Russia isn't going to run out of missiles
https://www.csis.org/analysis/russia-...

Ships leaving Odesa port
https://www.ft.com/content/3fbb9cc8-3...

Russia missile strike on Kyiv mentioned
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/...

Strike on Lviv (pictured)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7...

F16 Now:
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/usa...

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Sto...

Russia drone production efforts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/invest...

Kursk Airfield images:
  / kursk_airfield_satellite_images  

https://ts2.space/en/newly-released-s...

Destruction of S-400 in Crimea claim
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/20852

UA Drone strikes:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/...

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone...

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/20973

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/20...

Reporting on the mentioned UA pilot loss incident
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Reporting on Sypaq drones
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/feder...

Reporting on Russia strikes vs Su-24

https://www.businessinsider.com/russi...

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/20289

Glide bomb employment:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone...

https://wavellroom.com/2023/04/17/rus...

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone...

Timestamps:
00:00:00 — The Air War In Ukraine
00:01:21 — What Am I Talking About
00:03:09 — Background & Objectives
00:04:36 — Sabotage And Special Operations
00:17:26 — Long Range Strikes: Russia
00:33:55 — Long Range Strikes: Ukraine
00:40:34 — Ukraine In The Air - F16, ALCMS & Attrition
00:57:25 — Battlefield Aviation
01:07:32 — What Next?
01:09:35 — Conclusion
01:11:02 — Channel Update