Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine turned the country's skies into a nightly battleground long before Western F-16s arrived. By mid-2024, however, a quiet shift was underway: a small fleet of modern Western fighters began to reshape how Ukraine defended its cities,

Yevhenii Ivanov, senior navigator of a Su-27 fighter, was killed while carrying out a combat mission in Ukraine's east on Monday 8 December. Source: Ukrainian Air Force on social media Quote: "Lieutenant Colonel Yevhenii Vitaliiovych Ivanov,

A senior Kremlin official says Russian police and the National Guard will remain in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas even if a peace settlement ends the war

The Ukrainian Air Force has disclosed details of how Ukrainian pilots operate French Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft. — Ukrinform.

On Dec. 6, Russia launched a sweeping attack on Ukraine, comprising 653 drones and 51 missiles. Ukraine’s Air Force reported intercepting 585 drones and 30 missiles; still, impacts targeting primarily energy infrastructure were recorded in 29 locations.

The aerial bombardment followed a night of attacks in which Russia fired three ballistic missiles and 151 drones, Ukraine’s air force said.

The civilian head of the U.S. Air Force said the service might be open to sending ground-attack planes, like the A-10, to Ukraine. After transferring the planes to the Ukrainian Air Force, Ukrainian pilots would fly them. A more likely choice would be F-16 ...

The Polish government says it is in negotiations about the transfer of the country’s remaining Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter aircraft to Ukraine. Warsaw already transferred many of its MiG-29s to the Ukrainian Air Force during the first two years of the war in Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale invasion...

Russia launched a huge attack on Ukraine overnight as the country marked Armed Forces Day on Saturday, Ukraine's air force said.