Dozens of Russian planes firing at Ukraine are parked in the open less than 200 km from the Ukrainian border, but the US has banned them from being hit by ATACMS missiles

Several dozen Su-34 fighter-bombers, which carry out strikes against Ukraine, are parked in the open air without protection 200 km from Ukraine in the Voronezh region at the Malshevo air base, and Ukraine cannot hit them.

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Su-34 fighter-bombers of the 47th Guards Bomber Regiment of the Russian Air Force make daily flights from the base, dropping powerful bombs on Ukrainian military and civilian cities.

"It takes a jet aircraft only a few minutes to reach a launch site near the border and then return to base. The large number of jets deployed at the airfield allows for simultaneous bombing, hitting multiple targets on the territory of Ukraine," explained the Ukrainian analytical group Frontelligence.

Dozens of Su-34s - possibly about half of Russia's active fleet of supersonic twin-engine fighter-bombers - regularly park in the open on the tarmac of the recently renovated Baltimore base.

They are based in the range of Ukraine's best available missile, the ATACMS. However, the Biden Administration has banned the use of American weapons against targets in Russia. That's why enemy Su-34s are currently bombing Ukraine with almost impunity.

"Ukraine could potentially disable the entire operational fleet deployed there if it is allowed to launch such a strike," Frontelligence Insight added.

Source: Forbes