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Someone in Russia broke into a military airfield to set fire to a bomber jet, and Russian cops only found out it was happening on social media: report
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Matthew Loh
May 11, 2023, 12:16 AM EDT
https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-discovers-social-media-bomber-set-on-fire-ukraine-2023-5?op=1

-Russian authorities found out through social media that someone set fire to a military jet.
-Videos of the burning aircraft in Siberia emerged on pro-Ukrainian channels on Monday.
-Local security forces later found the scorched plane on the tarmac at an aviation plant.

An unknown saboteur broke into a Russian airfield and set fire to a supersonic jet, and the local authorities didn’t know it happened until they found out on social media, per reports from independent Russian media.

Footage of the burning aircraft emerged on Monday on the Telegram channel for the Freedom of Russia Legion, a Ukrainian organization that consists of military defectors from Russia and Belarus.

The damaged jet, a Su-24 model, was stationed near the town of Novosibirsk, Siberia, according to the Telegram post. Novosibirsk is some 2,000 miles east of the frontline in Ukraine.

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Ukrainian government advisor Anton Geraschenko tweeted the video on Tuesday as well.

Local police then discovered the video online.

When security forces visited the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant, they found a burnt “1990 Su-24 with signs of arson” on the tarmac, per Baza.

But it reported that despite the Freedom of Russia Legion’s claims that the Su-24 was “completely destroyed,” the aircraft was “not particularly damaged.”

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The latest report of the arson attempt comes as Russia celebrated Victory Day on May 9, a public holiday that typically features grand military parades commemorating its World War II victory over Nazi Germany.

This year, however, the event was uncharacteristically scaled back. Only one tank appeared, and no aircraft showed up.