An operation by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has hit “more than 40” Russian bombers at air bases “in the rear of the Russian Federation,” a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent on June 1.

“Enemy strategic bombers are burning en masse in Russia — this is the result of a special operation by the SBU,” the source said.

Video provided by the source shows what appears to be a row of heavy bomber aircraft on fire at an undisclosed location.

  • @mgnome@lemmy.world
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    478 days ago

    It probably would make sense to jam drones around these bases, but I think that Russians simply didn’t believe there would be any enemy drones 6000 km away from Ukraine.

    • @catharso@discuss.tchncs.de
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      298 days ago

      russia is so fucking big, it’s really weird that someone would think: “i want more!!! and i’m willing to destroy everything and everyone for it” 🤷🏼‍♂️

      • @mgnome@lemmy.world
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        458 days ago

        Their entire history, beginning from Duchy of Moscow, is being told as “that neighbouring tribe was threatening us, so we had to take some action”, and that just happens over and over again until they reached Pacific ocean.

        They had 3 wars with Chukcha people alone - and these people live in a region that would be best described as “frozen ass beyond polar cap”. You’d think that people from swamps around Moscow would have no business occupying some frozen ass, but they didn’t think so.