The damage and downing of Ukrainian Defense Forces’ aircraft, including the A-50 radar detection plane and the Il-22 airborne command post, by Russian occupiers over the Azov Sea may delay future missile strikes by the aggressors, reports the spokeswoman of the Defense Forces of the South of Ukraine, Natalia Humeniuk. “We confirm the downing of two aircraft, and not just ordinary aircraft, but those on which respective command centers were deployed,” notes the colonel. The spokesperson explains that the A-50 aircraft essentially served as the eyes of the enemy because, with the help of “this s…