“Don’t go to war on their home turf with Russia. Russian’s ain’t Iraqi’s. “
The Russian Air Force will dominate the air. Ukraine Air Force made of really old Russian equipment would be deiminated in a day. They could do their own version of Shock and Awe.
Much of Ukraines Air Force defected to Russia in 2014, along with 90% of their Navy and 30% of their land forces, many of these being elite level troops. Ukraine hasn’t been able to recoup those losses. Most of these defector forces are in Crimea right now. Now there are still plenty of Russian loyalists and closet Communists in Ukraine waiting for the word, many Stull in the Ukranian military.