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Russian army lacks pilots amid heavy losses

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Russian army lacks pilots amid heavy losses

The Russians are forced to employ retired pilots to operate warplanes over the high death toll in the air force during the invasion of Ukraine. That’s according to a tweet by the British Defense Intelligence, seen by Ukrinform. Ukrainian forces have announced that the pilot of a Russian Su-25 Frogfoot ground attack aircraft shot down on June 17 was captured shortly afterwards, according to the report. The pilot has confessed to being a former Russian air force Major, who had taken employment as a Wagner military contractor and had flown several missions during the conflict.
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