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NATO radars queueing Ukrainian air defence onto Russian planes without them having to turn on their radar.

NATO provides eyes, and Ukrainian air defence provides the missile launch without revealing its position.

By the time the Russian pilot hears the first beep, an Ukrainian SAM would already been travking know of his flight path few minutes prior.

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I think current operation areas are very far from NATO borders.

NATO has a border with Ukraine - Poland. And it is definitely capable at looking at what is going on, in at least some parts of Ukraine: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-60612255

NATO AWACS might just see over Kyiv from the Poland border, but it might be stretching it and probably not close enough to direct SAMs.

But of course capabilities might be more sophisticate than what's publicly known.

I also think NATO AWACS are likely not integrated with Ukrainian Air Defense. They likely operate on simply different frequencies than old soviet missiles.

That's a good point. Even if the west were providing realtime intelligence to Ukraine, it is very unlikely to be fully integrated.

NATO E-3A Sentries operating out of Krakow are orbiting just short of the Poland/Ukraine border monitoring Ukrainian and Belarusian air space. They can see everything flying over about the Western third of Ukraine at all altitudes and about half of Ukraine, including Kyiv, for medium and high altitude targets.

Even so that cover north and west. But only recently russia take over southern and eastern side. Seems more paratroopers and land forces so far.

We will they run out on Sunday as said. But it cannot be lost ended without the head of putin. The blood will flow sadly by both sides, until that head roll.

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