Ukraine confirms ASC 890 AWACS aircraft conducting combat missions

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‼️‼️🇺🇦 BIG | Ukraine has officially confirmed that its ASC 890 airborne early-warning aircraft are already flying combat missions, giving Kyiv a powerful new layer of battlefield awareness and pushing its Air Force further toward a genuinely NATO-standard, networked architecture. Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence says the transfer of the aircraft was announced in May 2024, confirmed in August 2025, and followed by the first recorded ASC 890 combat sorties over Ukraine in March 2026. The ministry