Lucky the whole thing didn’t burst into flames. Could he dump all the fuel except what he needed to land?
Jettison external stores? Yes, especially munitions. However, some external stores should be retained. For example: Empty external wing fuel tanks should not be jettisoned.
There are some landing gear malfunctions where landing all gear up is preferred. For example if only one main gear comes down, all gear up is preferred.
“Russian Nobel Peace laureate slams Putin’s ‘insane and criminal war’ on Ukraine”
“Russian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Yan Rachinsky blasted President Vladimir Putin’s “insane and criminal” war on Ukraine in his acceptance speech in the Norwegian capital Oslo on Saturday.
Rachinsky, from Russia’s human rights organization Memorial, claimed resistance to Russia is known as “fascism” under Putin, adding this has become “the ideological justification for the insane and criminal war of aggression against Ukraine.”
Memorial, one of Russia’s most well-known and respected human rights groups, worked to expose the abuses and atrocities of the Stalinist era for more than three decades before it was ordered to close by the country’s Supreme Court late last year.”
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/10/europe/russian-nobel-peace-laureate-slams-putin-war-intl/index.html