Russian Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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I am sure they have done analysis. Every Russian Mi-8 has either 2 or 4 external fuel tanks. so assumption is there speed is slower.
just look at what Ukraine medic is facing due enhance capability of drones. The point is this highly distributed conflict. Even mis firing of Air defense missiles. when system is overloaded can create alot of damage. The reliability of missiles and launcher 24/7 becomes very important. or Russia own cruise missiles can hit civilians as they are normally fired from several hundreds km.
Ukraine is not even 10% of Russia airpower because this glide bombs are limited to Su-34 sorties and with not full load out. Shoigu said Su-34 is doing 6 sorties per day on average and that was nearly two years ago. Now Su-34 fleet is way larger and range of bombs 130 to 400km. The greater the range the less time for sortie. now take this template against peer competitor with the intensity of missile launches, air defense and glide bombs much higher and same on receiving end. This need much larger and more capable helicopter fleet.
I'm sure they did the analysis, and that analysis could work out to be wrong.
IMO the most likely use of this is that the flying hospital is flown to the injured person, allowing doctors and surgeons operate as soon as possible. Then, once the person is stabilized or the surgery is over, that person is flown to a longer-term care facility.
It really does sound like utter madness to actually fly to the supposedly critical person, take the time to strap him in, sedate him, and operate on him while flying.