MiG-31: Russia's best interceptor shooting down planes & Ukraine has no response

The speedy MiG-31 is Russia's best interceptor & is playing a crucial role in the war. The fighter can fly as high as 60,000 feet out to 450 miles and dash at Mach 2.5. MiG-31 boasts of lethal weaponry - 4 heavyweight R-37M missiles (range of 124 miles). The MiG-31 crews are firing from a hundred miles away & the Ukrainians have no response. MiG-31s are firing without entering areas in which Ukraine air defenses are operating. For the Russian mig-31 crews, anything flying deep inside Ukraine is an enemy aircraft. MiG-31 is also the only fighter cleared to be outfitted with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.