The Russian Su-57 jet is a stealth aircraft. Despite its modern technology , it was apparently not used in the war in Ukraine.
Moscow – Despite heavy losses in the Ukrainian conflict, Moscow is reluctant to send some of its more modern aircraft into the war zone. This was reported by the British Ministry of Defence. Russia has “almost certainly” decided to use Su-57 jets, but has apparently limited them to areas behind the Russian border.
Vladimir Putin’s forces are using the planes to launch long-range missiles on Ukrainian territory, the ministry suspects. Su-57 jet protection is “symptomatic of Russia ’s continued risk avoidance when using its air power in warfare,” judge British military experts: inside. The Kremlin wants to protect itself against the possibility of Su-57 technology in Ukraine being compromised. Furthermore, the reputation of the Russian Air Force should not be harmed, the report said.
“Russia’s most advanced fifth-generation supersonic fighter jet” However, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu says the Russian military is “brilliantly” using stealth jets in Ukraine. According to Schoigu, the jets offer “a very high level of protection against various air defense systems”.
A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-57 jet flies over Moscow during the Russian Victory Day military parade.
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The UK MoD describes the aircraft as “Russia ’s most advanced fifth-generation supersonic fighter aircraft”. According to Russian state media, the military has owned the modern stealth aircraft since 2020. According to the British defense think tank Royal United Services Institute, the Su-57 jets “have not yet matured into a credible front-line weapon system”. But: the plane has “potential”. The jets had already been observed flying over Syria in 2018, when the technology was still in development.
Images from the war in Ukraine: big horror and small moments of happiness
The war began in late February with Russian attacks on numerous cities in Ukraine. At first, Moscow’s troops also fired on Kiev, the country’s capital. One of the Russian missiles has been placed in front of the National Museum of Military History as part of an exhibit. According to the curator Pavlo Netesov, by exhibiting the destroyed equipment, he wanted to remind the inhabitants of Kiev of the street brawls that raged in other Ukrainian cities, from which the capital was spared. © Sergey Supinsky/afp One of these cities was Donetsk. In May 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the former metropolis of millions and heard reports from soldiers at the front. War between Russia and Ukraine has raged in Donetsk since 2014. Since then, a Moscow-installed regime has ruled there, calling itself the Donetsk People’s Republic. After some temporary truce agreements, the city in the southeast is now once again the scene of fierce fighting. © Uncredited/dpa It is mainly the civilian population, such as these two children and elderly women in Lysychansk, who suffer from the war in Ukraine. The city is located in the middle of Donbass, the hardest-fought region of Ukraine since the outbreak of war. Residents who were unable or unable to flee now have to regularly seek cover from artillery fire. © Aris Messinis/afp Chasiv Yar is a small town not far from Lysychansk. There, workers are clearing the rubble of a house hit by a Russian “Hurricane” missile. In July 2022, Russia celebrated military successes, especially in the Donbass region. Numerous cities and communities were conquered. It seemed that Vladimir Putin’s troops were storming Ukraine. © Anatoly Stepanov/afp burning cornfield in the Zaporizhia regionThis man in military uniform stands in a burning wheat field in the Zaporizhia region as Russian troops shell the fields to prevent local farmers from harvesting the wheat. Starving Ukraine and stealing crops was part of Russia ’s strategy from the beginning © Uncredited/dpa
The six-month anniversary in August was a sad time in Russia ’s war of aggressionThe 6th of August of the war in Ukraine was a sad time of the Russian invasion. But the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued to resist with heart and soul and celebrated their nation, as here with a drone and a Ukrainian flag above the “Motherland Monument” in Kyiv. © Dimitar Dilkoff/afp
Here in September in the city of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, a bridge was bombedIn September, Vladimir Putin’s troops began shelling the infrastructure of Ukrainian cities. In the city of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, Moscow bombed a bridge. In several other cities, Russian forces tried to cut off the power supply. © Yasuyoshi Chiba/afp
Instead of a short war of aggression planned by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the war is still going on.Since there were no successes in Ukraine, Russian troops needed more and more recruits for the front. President Vladimir Putin then announced a partial mobilization in his own country. Like this man, thousands of young men in the city of Kineshma had to say goodbye to their mothers and go to war in Ukraine. ©Vladimir Smirnov/image
Here Putin is seen speaking on a large screen in Red Square on the occasion of the annexation of four regions of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces in SeptemberIn eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin created the facts at the end of September. Four regions of the country that had previously declared independence were annexed. On the occasion of the territorial gains, Putin addressed the people of Russia in a televised speech. At least on Moscow’s Red Square, Putin’s speech was enthusiastically applauded. © Aleksandr Nemenov/afp
Black smoke rises from a fire on the Kerch bridge after a truck explosion near Kerch on October 8, 2022Black smoke rises from a fire on the Kerch Bridge after a truck explodes near Kerch on October 8, 2022. It is the only land connection between Russia and the annexed Crimea peninsula. Russia has promised to find the culprits without immediately blaming Ukraine. © Uncredited/afp
Ukrainian gunners fire a 152mm towed howitzer (D20) at a frontline position near the town of Bakhmut, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine, in late October during the Russian invasion of UkraineAlso in October, Ukraine managed to advance on many sectors of the front. The military is able to do this largely thanks to the support of the West, which is bringing ever heavier equipment to the conflict. Here, Ukrainian gunners fire a 152mm towed howitzer (D20) at a front-line position near the town of Bakhmut, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine. © Dimitar Dilkoff/afp
A resident of Kherson raises his thumb in support of Ukraine in the main square of the city after its liberation from Russian occupationIn mid-November, the Ukrainian troops achieved great success. You can recapture the port city of Kherson in the southeast of the country. In addition to its high strategic value, the metropolis also has symbolic value in the fight against Russia . A resident celebrates the liberation with a thumbs-up in the city centre. © Celestino Arce Lavin/dpa
The world held its breath that day: An aerial photo shows the spot where two men were killed by a rocket strike on November 15, 2022 in the eastern Polish village of Przewodow, near the border with war-torn UkraineThe world held its breath that day: An aerial photo shows the spot where two men were killed by a rocket strike on November 15, 2022 in the eastern Polish village of Przewodow, near the border with war-torn Ukraine. Russia has attacked Ukraine with a massive attack on civilian infrastructure, leaving millions of homes without electricity. In the immediate aftermath of the incident, there were fears that the conflict could escalate again, but Poland announced on 16 November 2022 that the missile likely came from Ukrainian air defences. This theory was later confirmed by Washington. © Wojtek Radwanski/Damien Simonart/afp
a work by British street artist Banksy on a snow-covered anti-tank structureBanksy also visited Ukraine in the midst of the war. A photo taken on November 17, 2022 shows a work by the British street artist on a snow-covered anti-tank structure on Independence Square in Kyiv. By this time it was already clear that Ukraine would have to prepare for a winter of war. © Sergey Supinsky/afp
Rosenergoatom employee Dmitry Shevchenko inspects a tank of distilled water to ensure the operation of the fourth unit of the Zaporizhia NPPMore hard attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure. Even nuclear power plants are being targeted by Russian missiles. Rosenergoatom employee Dmitry Shevchenko inspects a tank of distilled water to ensure the functioning of the fourth unit of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which was damaged by shelling at Enerhodar during the Russian military operation in Ukraine. © Aleksej Kudenko/imago
A woman plays guitar in a pub during a power outage in Lviv, December 2, 2022Little moments of happiness in the madness of war: A woman plays a guitar in a pub during a power outage in Lviv on December 2, 2022, as the city is hit by a planned blackout following the recent massive Russian airstrikes on the infrastructure energy of Ukraine. © Yuriy Dyachishyn/afp
Here he meets St. Mykola (St. Nicholas) on December 19, 2022 in Kherson, during the Russian invasion of UkraineFor a moment, this girl may just be a child. Here she meets St. Mykola (St. Nicholas) on December 19, 2022 in Kherson, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine © Dimitar Dilkoff/afp
According to the Russian news agency TAX Russia will receive 22 Su-57 jets by the end of 2024. The number is expected to increase to 76 by 2028. Using modern jets in Ukraine would be “almost insane”, according to military analyst Harry Kazianis newsweek.com He says. “If Ukraine shoots down a Su-57, it would be such a huge PR victory for Kiev that it would challenge the capabilities of the Russian military and air force even more than it already is. Why would Putin take such a risk? He just won’t do it,” he told Defense magazine 19 Forty-five .
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