Reportedly recent footage allegedly shows the shutdown of an unspecified Ukrainian drone by a Strela-10 air defense in the vicinity of Bakhmut.

Ukraine has yet to field and receive deliveries of fighter and strike aircraft. If those deliveries ever materialize, Ukraine will need to first diligently seek out and destroy the plethora of air defense systems Russia has scattered across the Ukrainian countryside.

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