Is that necessary? Ukraine already won.
Ukraine counter offensive
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They have over 155 of them.
They had over 150 of them initially.
That was down to 140 before the invasion.
Since then they've lost something like 36, not including those 7.
Plus you don't know how many of the remaining airframes are serviceable. Combat operations are hard on planes, readiness for a fleet can drop into the 50% range if there's a lack of spares or trained technicians.
No one knows how many. There are upgraded 34, 34s and also 35m as well. The M seems to be intended for more long range precision bombing. Sat guided.
All I was pointing out is that they have a number left and some way to go before none.
They had 153 now believed to be less than a 100 and not all will be operational
The SU-35 is a fighter, not a bomber. It can't deliver glide bombs which is the main threat from Russian aviation at the moment.
By reducing the number you increase the pressure on remaining airframes and pilots. Plus losing 7% or more of the operational fleet in a single day is a painful event. They made 6 last year.
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Aren't China feeding Russia with Wonga now, so they can crack on and make or buy new kit?
They've recruited heavily from their technicians and wages have gone through the roof so staff are hard to find. They're massively corrupt so money spent on kit is diverted. They don't have the factory space or tooling to build more.
A lot of their current gen kit uses US made components. They're much harder to get now.
Most of their manufacturing capacity has been targeted on refurbishing and upgrading old Soviet era kit. As that runs out they've got to start building from scratch and that takes time.