Ukraine war

War in Ukraine

By Tony Osborne
The status of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea flagship is unclear after Ukrainian forces claimed to have severely damaged the warship with shore-based anti-ship missiles.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Speaking alongside Sweden’s Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson, in Stockholm on April 13, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin told journalists that “everything had changed after Russia’s invasion [of Ukraine].”
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force faces a fight on Capitol Hill as it looks to get rid of dozens more of its aircraft while readily acknowledging that comes with instant risk.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military is sending 11 more Mi-17 helicopters to Ukraine as part of a dramatic increase in military equipment for the country as it prepares for another phase of its fight against Russia.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Space Agency’s governing council announced April 13 that it is ending cooperation with Russian space agency Roscosmos on three future Moon missions—Luna 25, 26 and 27.
Space

By Brian Everstine, Jen DiMascio, Joe Anselmo, Garrett Reim
Rapid release of imagery from space has helped Ukraine make strategy decisions and document destruction and Russian attacks on civilians.
Commercial Space

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Commission (EC) has added 21 Russian airlines to the list of airlines banned from operating or subject to operational restrictions within the EU, saying moves to force the re-registration of foreign-owned aircraft pose “an immediate safety threat.”
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network staff
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation has intensified the development of an import-substituted version of its Superjet (SSJ) 100 regional jet—which remains almost the only commercial passenger aircraft Russian domestic carriers can use for international flights now.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
Airlines and lessors are going to have to deal with significantly higher insurance costs over the coming years, as insurers try to cover what are expected to be billions of dollars of claims relating to leased airliners appropriated by Russia.
Airlines & Lessors

Slovakia’s government has provided Ukraine with an S-300 air defense system as allies step up to offer Kyiv more advanced and heavier lethal aid.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Network staff
Russian airlines are looking for ways to stay airborne despite Western sanctions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Commerce Department sanctioned three Russian airlines—Aeroflot, Azur Air and UTair—on April 7, denying businesses or governments from doing any business with the carriers for at least 180 days.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
European countries will need to make investments in high-technology weapons and larger munitions stocks if they are to be prepared for a high-intensity conflict, the CEO of missile manufacturer MBDA says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
As Russian forces began to substantially build up on the border with Ukraine, the U.S. intelligence community went to commercial satellite imagery providers with a favor to ask.
Space Symposium

By Kurt Hofmann, Helen Massy-Beresford
The airline said it had to cancel 2,000 flights in March because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and related airspace closures.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
Short-term obstacles and long-term changes were on the agenda at Airlines for Europe’s Brussels summit.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Staff
Serial production of Russia’s new Irkut MC-21 narrowbody airliner will begin up to two years later than planned, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov confirmed after a meeting on the Russian air transport and aircraft industry held by President Vladimir Putin.
Aerospace

By Steve Trimble
Online photos and video on April 3 confirmed the destruction of the first Russian Air Force Su-35S fighter during the five-week-old invasion of Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Staff
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin has again threatened that Russia could withdraw from the International Space Station if Western countries don’t lift
Space Symposium

By Michael Bruno
Daily space-based imagery and services provider Planet Labs expects full-year revenue this fiscal year to be $170-190 million, practically 30% above last fiscal year, which was 16% above the year before.
Space Symposium

By Henry Canaday
Asia-Pacific countries are likely Russia’s best bet for securing spare aircraft parts—but with shrinking passenger demand, how many parts will it actually need?
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Footage published online appears to show two Ukrainian Mil Mi-24 attack helicopters striking the storage site with unguided rockets.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
British intelligence officials say they have seen evidence of low morale among Russian forces in Ukraine, with personnel sabotaging their own equipment and accidentally shooting down Russian aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
The board of directors of the U.S. Export-Import Bank met for the first time under President Biden’s Senate-approved pick to run the bank, Reta Jo Lewis, and quickly doled out financial assistance for Boeing’s embattled airliner supply chain.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
While the immediate effects of the Russia-Ukraine war appear to be limited on European air travel demand so far, the invasion has the potential of creating a multi-layered fallout that may have longer-lasting effects than the pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors