Ukraine Is Getting Swedish Radar Planes. Expect Russia To Hunt Them From Day One.

Russian air force Mikoyan MiG-31BM interceptors flying near the Russia-Ukraine border can threaten essentially all of Ukraine’s air space with their R-37Ms. “The long range of the R-37M, in conjunction with the very high performance and high operating altitude of the MiG-31BM ... allows it significant freedom to menace Ukrainian aircraft,” the Royal United Services Institute noted.