From Andriy Pilshchykov's (aka "Juice") obituary published in The Economist. The words are attributed to him from the many interviews he gave and addresses the inadequacies of the MIG-29.
"Its (i.e. the F-16's) combat range, with four 454kg bombs on board, was 546km before refueling. If he was spotted, the F-16's electronics could jam the enemy's radar. And if their pilots dithered he could release, one by one, a deadly stream of Sidewinder or Python missiles to blast that Russian **** out of the sky.
In reality, however, Andriy Pilshchykov flew a MIG-29. That was a different world. His plane was a Soviet-era model, upgraded since, but just not in the same class. It was much less adaptable and needed frequent refueling. The radar was so poor that he could not detect enemy missiles on his own but had to take orders from the ground. Worse, the MIG's own R-27 missiles were heat-seeking, so firing them over cities was perilous; if he did not keep them in a lock, hard on target, they would make for buildings, campfires, or anything else. Meanwhile his plane struggled to prevail against Shahed-136 kamikaze drones, slower than he was but too small to spot; let alone against nimbler Russian SU-35s, the biggest enemy, firing missiles with a range three times as far as his. It was not a real fight; it was stupid. Ukraine could not win the war against those sorts of odds."
