Russian Jets Are Flying So Low To Dodge Ukrainian Air-Defenses That They’re Running Into The...

Stinger or Starstreak, anyone?

I know a little about flying low and fast. Fortunately we had a TFR that made it fairly simple, automatic, and safe when engaged. Not sure any Russian aircraft have a similar system so that makes it complicated, attention demanding, and dangerous. The bottom line is that when flying like that it's hard to fly the aircraft and concentrate on the assigned mission unless they have trained quite a bit which, looking at the performance of Russian ground forces, is highly unlikely.

I hope the Ukrainians have good aiming skills.