The news comes as Russian forces are turning to ever more desperate measures to complete their so-called "special operation" in Ukraine, with reports suggesting Moscow is turning to convicts to fill frontline personnel. In spite of a far larger and superior military, Russia has struggled to hold onto key areas in Ukraine following their capture, and demonstrated in the early stages of the war, in which Russia was humiliatingly forced to retaliate from central Ukraine and the outskirts of Kyiv.Speaking to The OSINT Bunker podcast, RAF Air Marshall Ed Stringer said: "It just shows the desperation, because here we are talking about can you learn, what, 5 months into the conflict as you suggested before, and the Russian Air Force just doesn't seem to even want to begin to think about establishing the sort of air campaign we would consider as a pretty essential thing to be doing, and as you've suggested they are using their aircraft largely over territory that they control and where they clearly feel safe.
"Beyond that, they're using it would appear, a range of guided and semi-guided rockets now in what you'd have to say just looks like a terror campaign.
"But, as Ukraine is showing us at the moment, you've got to keep adapting and he who adapts quickest wins, I mean that is Darwinism, and having institutions that take years and years and years to do quite simple upgrades on most of our aircraft is not a war-winning capacity."
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Adding a further layer of shame to Putin, Mr Stringer said: "The Russia of today is a gangster-state."
The RAF has augmented its preparation and training in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with the service building on joint exercises with NATO partners.
Last week, British Typhoons were reported training with French Rafales over the Mediterranean Sea in "dogfight" exercises.
Speaking of the need for readiness, Air Chief Marshall Sir Mike Wigston said working with partners gives British pilots the "dogfighting combat edge".
Adding a further layer of shame to Putin, Mr Stringer said: "The Russia of today is a gangster-state."
The RAF has augmented its preparation and training in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with the service building on joint exercises with NATO partners.
Last week, British Typhoons were reported training with French Rafales over the Mediterranean Sea in "dogfight" exercises.
Speaking of the need for readiness, Air Chief Marshall Sir Mike Wigston said working with partners gives British pilots the "dogfighting combat edge".
Source : https://www.express.co.uk/
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