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Does this premise hold true, though? My understanding is that the overwhelming majority of Russian anti-armor platforms are drones, with helicopters in second. The assumption that the Ukrainians can only achieve air superiority by advanced fighter jets, therefore, seems to me to be questionable.

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What other options are there? Can you go over or around the minefields?
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Plentiful SAMs mounted close behind the engineering forces that are doing the mine-clearance, maybe? More armored demining vehicles, definitely. More active bombing of Russian grounds forces using both attack and spotting drones, and bombers flying nap-of-earth missions guided in by the latter.
 
Ukraine has recently used cluster munitions in conjunction with artillery, mortar fire and occasional air support, in a set perimeter in order to protect mine clearing equipment and it seems to work well.
 
Mines are old school, so what have been done to clear them? Flegel tanks an other funnies did good. But air support. Drone tractors? They have a lot 4x4 trucks also droned? Aim, brick on the gas.
Deep plough machines.
 
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