“Due dei cinque aeroporti russi nella Crimea occupata sono rimasti senza aerei, afferma la Marina ucraina”. “Questo sviluppo avviene in un momento in cui si sono verificati di recente numerosi attacchi ucraini con droni e missili che hanno preso di mira le infrastrutture delle Forze aerospaziali russe nella Crimea occupata, concentrandosi principalmente sulle risorse di difesa aerea”.

Interesting that they are claiming logistical challenges so fuel and munitions are difficult to get to ther air bases which is no surprise since they do not seem to want to use the Bridge for much and Ukraine took out the last Rail ferry a few weeks ago.

The naval drones have the side effect of forcing Russia to do a lot more patrolling by air and helicopter to catch incoming attacks far enough out that they are not surprised. This burns up fuel which obviouly is now in short supply as well as maintenance supplies for the aircraft.

It’s surprising they have any still occupied.

Ukraine’s drones look to be getting better and better at hitting airfields, Neptune production seems to be online(?), and they just melted an air base in Russia.

In any case, every bit of extra distance Ukraine can make these planes fly will wear them out further and further. Glide bombs are a good weapon, but the planes that fly them are limited, expensive, and had relatively low maximum airframe hours to begin with.