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Originally Posted by mapuc
Does Russia have full air superiority over Ukraine ?
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In reach of the front, yes. They can also effectively suppress the limited air attack attempts by Ukraine's air force, sicne the Russian fighters have superior radar and weapon range over the ukrainian Mig-29. Or better, the ukrainian Mig-29s do not have the legs and arms and eyes to engage the attacking Russiang fighters.
Any Russian CAS - fixed wing or helo - firing from outside manpad's range also is untouchable for Ukrainians. The medium range air defences given to Ukraine are almost completely used to defend the cities. Thats why the Russians keep firing at the cities: to keep these defences where they are.
Its worth to recall that by pre-war doctrine Russian ground forces are/were
extremely saturated with anti-tank and anti-air missiles. Their ATGM load was much higher than that of any Western army. On paper at least.