Since the second Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the Ukrainian military has been able to stifle Russian manned aircraft strikes, but that deterrence may not hold without continued aid from the United States in niche areas, such as long-range missile attack, an analyst cautioned during last month’s U.S.-Ukraine Security Dialogue in Washington, D.C. The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) “was 10 times the size of Ukraine’s at the start of the war and also more technologically advanced,” said…
