It is about the well-known Russian aerobatic squad Russkiye Vitiazi, which had 16 aircraft in stock: 8 Su-30SMs and 8 [Su-35S](https://defence24.pl/sily-zbrojne/nieprofesjonalny-su-35-przechwycony-nad-alaska). These aircraft are painted in a characteristic tricolor colour strategy referring to the Russian national colors. The fact that an aircraft from an aerobatic squad is utilized may be 1 of the symptoms of the crumbling fleet of Russian combat aircraft capable of operation. Of course, this crumbling is primarily due to the four-year-old war against Ukraine, although the symptoms of the collapse of Russian military aviation have already been visible. Or at least its collapse in the form in which they tried to keep it as the second aviation power in the world.
