To date, Russia has an advantage in air-to-air weapons, with an R-37M rocket reaching a scope of 150 to 300 km. Meanwhile, the best Ukrainian rocket of this class is the AIM-120 AMRAAM version of C-5, which is able to fight targets for about 100 km. This makes Ukrainians, even on F-16, not allowed to carry out a fire exchange with Russian aircraft and at most they are being shelled by the opponent. This usually ends with the Ukrainian aircraft being interrupted or delayed. But if the Ukrainian pilot e.g. does not realise that a rocket is going on his plane, then it comes down. akin victories in the air combat Russians occasionally refer, and to this kind of hunting usage MiGi-31 and Su-35.
