Ukraine unleashes massive bombardment on Russian forces with Polish jets

Ukraine’s air war is increasingly being shaped not by dramatic breakthroughs, but by the steady removal of constraints that once limited how often and how precisely it could strike. For much of the war, Russia planned its operations around the assumption that Ukrainian tactical aviation would be scarce, episodic, and easy to suppress. That assumption underpinned Russian habits of massing troops, drones, and command elements in predictable windows before attacks. What is changing now is not Ukraine’s doctrine, but its ability to sustain pressure day after day using platforms it already knows how to fight with. Incremental additions to familiar aircraft types are proving more disruptive than entirely new systems that take years to integrate. As a result, Russian frontline planning is being forced into a more defensive posture, with fewer safe moments to concentrate forces. The battlefield effect is a gradual but persistent erosion of Russia’s ability to build momentum at the tactical level.

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