“If accurate, then this story again shows the ability of Ukrainian forces to conduct strikes in Russian territory using long-range assets. However, they can come at a cost.
Perhaps the loss of a TB-2, easily replacable, is worth the destruction of critical Russian infrastructure.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1518591518675771392
“Whilst all of this remains unconfirmed from any side (TB-2 usage has been under quite an embargo recently) it is bolstered by the fact that Ru sources show a TB-2 downed over #Kursk Oblast this AM.
Our UA sources claim it was taken down after the strike, on the way back to base.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1518591515421028352
Falling from the sky…
“Another video of the Russian aircraft spinning before crashing into the ground in Balakliya.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1518576613063069699
Remember that 18 YO German kid, Mathias Rust, who landed his Cessna in Red Square back in the 80s? Totally undetected all the way from West Germany, at the peak of Russian/Soviet power.