By Natali Moss
After blows to the Engels Air Base, some of the rocket carriers were also taken to remote bases, which complicated logistics. There should be about 40-50 Tu-95MC bombers on paper in Russia, but not all of them are reality. A similar situation is observed from Tu-160: from 13-18 units (depending on the source) six are on repair and modernization. Thus, from a third to half of all TU-160 are under repair or upgrading, and some are probably faulty or not suitable for flights.
If a similar situation is observed with TU-95MC, then in reality for combat missions, Russia may have not 40 or even 20 aircraft at disposal. It is also noted that the transfer of marine carriers "Caliber" from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk has complicated their maintenance and loading due to the underdeveloped infrastructure on a new base.
Recall that on the night of May 25, the Russians released 9 ballistic missiles "Iskander-M/KN-23", 55 winged rockets X-101 and "caliber" from aircraft and ships, one X-22 and four controlled missiles X-59/69. And on the night of May 26, the Russian Federation again attacked Ukraine. This time, winged X-101 rockets were launched with Tu-95MC-9 rockets.
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