On May 16, the Ukrainian Air Force reported losing contact with an F-16 fighter jet that was performing missions to repel an air attack by drones. An abnormal situation occurred on the plane, and the pilot ejected. According to open data, the Ukrainian Air Force has already lost three F-16 fighter jets. The General Staff of Ukraine reported the loss of the first F-16 in August 2024, without providing details of the incident. Then, Verkhovna Rada Deputy Maryana Bezuglaya claimed that it was mistakenly shot down by a Ukrainian Patriot missile. After this, the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force was removed from office. On April 12, 2025, the Ukrainian Air Force reported the loss of another F-16, in which the pilot died. On April 13, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the F-16 was shot down by air defense.
The War in the Ukraine
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Could be talking about Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, and Kharkiv
Could be talking about Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, and Kharkiv
Footage of the interception of a Ukrainian UAV by the Russian Yolka interceptor drone. The drone has been in use for a year now, the video was recorded in September 2024, but there is no technical information on the drone. The Yolka interceptor drone has homing and carries out kinetic interception of the Ukrainian UAV. The drone can also be equipped with a warhead. The interceptor operates on the principle of "fire and forget". This method allows you to quickly and safely respond to threats from drones
Footage of training and combat work of Russian snipers of the "Center" group, in the Krasnoarmeysk direction, in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine. Snipers work at extremely long distances of up to 1.5 kilometers, not only against manpower but also against heavy drones. Russian sniper rifles Dragunov, Orsis, Lobaev, models "Urban" and "Vozmezdie" are used. The video is shortened, moments of defeat of Ukrainian soldiers are removed from the video
Statistics about the body exchange between Russia and Ukraine since the start of the war to today. At first, it was even, and in some periods, the Ukrainians had a lower body count and the Russians more. This went on until the beginning of 2024 and from there the Ukrainian body count began to shoot up.
Of course, this can also be due to the Russians advancing and having more opportunities to pickup enemy bodies and recover their own. But we don't see the same lop sided ratio when the Ukrainians were advancing, such as the Fall 2022 offensive in Izyium, and the Summer Counteroffensive of 2023. The numbers were also fairly even during the Russian Popyansk flower break out, and also during the Russian offensive in Soledar and Bakhmut in the winter and spring of 2023. During the Ukrainian offensive in Kursk, there should have been more opportunities during the Ukrainian advance to collect more Russian bodies, but the ratio keeps going even higher against the Ukrainians.
To add, even if the Russians are advancing, there are still frequent and fierce Ukrainian counterattacks and pushes to attempt to regain initiative.
None of these would count or affect casualties in the rear due to deep strikes, which we would assume the Russians also conduct way more strikes than the Ukrainians.
As the blue bars are clustered around the same numbers, 501 to 503, then two 757s and three 909s, this seems like the Russians are limited to sending bodies back due to some constraint of acceptance on the Ukrainian side. This seems like an indication that the Russians still have a surplus of more bodies to send back in cold storage, waiting for the Ukrainians to send their go ahead.
Of course, this can also be due to the Russians advancing and having more opportunities to pickup enemy bodies and recover their own. But we don't see the same lop sided ratio when the Ukrainians were advancing, such as the Fall 2022 offensive in Izyium, and the Summer Counteroffensive of 2023. The numbers were also fairly even during the Russian Popyansk flower break out, and also during the Russian offensive in Soledar and Bakhmut in the winter and spring of 2023. During the Ukrainian offensive in Kursk, there should have been more opportunities during the Ukrainian advance to collect more Russian bodies, but the ratio keeps going even higher against the Ukrainians.
To add, even if the Russians are advancing, there are still frequent and fierce Ukrainian counterattacks and pushes to attempt to regain initiative.
None of these would count or affect casualties in the rear due to deep strikes, which we would assume the Russians also conduct way more strikes than the Ukrainians.
As the blue bars are clustered around the same numbers, 501 to 503, then two 757s and three 909s, this seems like the Russians are limited to sending bodies back due to some constraint of acceptance on the Ukrainian side. This seems like an indication that the Russians still have a surplus of more bodies to send back in cold storage, waiting for the Ukrainians to send their go ahead.
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