There were no air strikes in the Russian-Ukrainian war, and all of them were mainly on the ground. Why?

First of all, Russia's goal is to occupy Ukraine, not to defeat Ukraine. Therefore, when making a plan, of course, it is around the "occupation" to choose a plan. The air force can smash a place, but it can't take it. Finally, the police should be sent to solve the problem. However, a smashed area is likely to be extremely hostile, which will bring great costs to the future "public security war".

Second, it is the question of "money". The GDP gap between Russia and the United States is about 10 times. However, the arsenals to be maintained by the two countries are the same, so the funds left for routine expenditure are not 10 times, but may reach more than 20 times. The air force is notoriously expensive, and the cost of flying four generations of fighters for an hour is at least several thousand dollars. With Russia's GDP level and economy kicked out of SWIFT, how can we support such an expensive way of fighting? So, choose a way that costs less.

Third, Russia never expected to make it so ugly. Russia has always believed that Ukraine has no fighting spirit, and Russia can occupy Ukraine with the same behavior as "outing". Therefore, the information about inadequate logistics preparation, vehicles with no fuel left on the roadside, expired rations of 20 16, and the motorcade that got lost and was ambushed because there was no reliable map, etc., all indicate that Russia was careless when driving.

After all, Russia has an absolute advantage. Russia, which experienced the initial panic and then adjusted its mentality and style of play, will probably save some face. But the lack of Russia, once it becomes a machine that only looks at the process as long as the result, then all three will be overthrown.

For example, only by taking it down can we consider the strength of "resistance". Therefore, civilian casualties are probably not within Russia's consideration. As for the hatred brewing because of a large number of civilian casualties, it is a headache for future people. Therefore, we will consider various ways that will cause a large number of civilian casualties.

In short, Russia will change its original appearance. In addition to saving money, you can only use land to fight, and other things with slightly higher cost but greater lethality will be moved out for use. So Ukrainians will suffer next, and the west has more reason to insist that they continue to punish Russia! That's probably it.