Russians have recently begun deploying their latest Su-57 fighters to launch Ch-69 missiles at Ukrainian targets. The Defense Express portal has delved into these jets, touted by Putin himself as "the best planes,

Moscow has fired a range of existing and newly-developed missiles at Ukraine, including its Kalibr, Kh-69 and Zircon missiles.

As Ukraine desperately awaits the arrival of new U.S. weapons and equipment approved last month, Russia is seeking to make the most of the remaining window. Moscow’s forces in the past week have taken several villages in eastern Ukraine after Kyiv’s threadbare army ceded ground,

U kraine’s recent drone attacks on Russian airbases, targeting the potent glide bomb arsenals, signal a strategic shift in Kyiv’s efforts to counter the aerial threat posed by Moscow. Western intelligence assesses that these forays deep behind enemy lines aim to dismantle the glide bomb capabilities that have increasingly become a tool in Russia’s tactical repertoire.

Russians have recently started using their latest Su-57 fighters to fire Ch-69 missiles at Ukrainian positions. The Defense Express portal examined these aircraft and counted how many of these machines—previously described by Putin as "the best planes"—are in the Russian arsenal.