Posted on 02/24/2024 4:46:53 AM PST by marcusmaximus
This is the shocking moment a Ukrainian missile destroyed a £260mn Russian spy plane over Krasnodar on the second anniversary of Putin's bloody invasion.
Video showed huge plumes of smoke billowing from the wreckage after the A-50U reconnaissance plane's wing was reportedly torn off by a hit from a revamped S-200 Soviet-era long-range air defence missile - a staggering blow to Russia's already diminishing collection.
Ten crew were reported to have been found dead at the crash site in Russia's Krasnodar region, where the dictator's official Black Sea residence and private £1 billion place are located. The eventual toll is likely to be higher.
The A-50U AWACS reconnaissance plane was shot down some 150 miles inside Russia from the frontline in a major success for Ukraine, and the worst month of the war for Putin's air force.
Separately, a Ukrainian kamikaze drone attack is believed to be responsible for three thunderous explosions and a massive fire at Russia's largest steel producer NLMK in Lipetsk, majority owned by magnate and 'laird' Vladimir Lisin, 67, famous for buying a sprawling Scottish estate in Perthshire.
Footage shows the plane hit after it repeatedly fired heat traps seeking to evade incoming missiles.
Two blazing sections of the stricken aircraft were seen falling from the sky.
'We heard two pops and a rumble,' a witness on the ground told Telegram channel VChK-OGPU.
'We ran out into the street… When it flew over us, it was no longer intact, without the right wing with a large roll.
'The fuselage fell into the ground, and the left wing was knocked off by trees and landed in the courtyard of house 13 Polevaya Street.
'Two grannies live there, they were not injured.'
Footage also showed a massive inferno on the ground.
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Thanks! That would be great news!
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That one sends a thrill up the Canadian guy’s leg, too.
some FReepers are going to tell you, Russian military is “getting stronger”.
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Russia has ramped up production and added factory capacity since the war began
This includes shells, missiles and especially drones (new plant opened to make Iranian drone)
More capacity will be coming on line later this year
1200 new recruits are joining the ranks every day
Meanwhile Ukraine running out of ammo and manpower
The counteroffensive last summer was the stupidest thing that could have tried .. should have built up defenses and saved resources instead
He’s become a Zeeper Rainman!
What’s your “different route”? Appeasement? Kumbaya? Hand holding and long walks in the park?
Russia has seized Ukrainian sovereign territory, killed tens, if not hundreds of thousands of both Ukrainian and Russian soldiers and civilians, and destroyed billions in property and infrastructure.
The only way this ends is Russia realizes its error and withdraws, Ukraine drives them out, or Putin swings at the end of a rope.
“Why isn’t that breaking news in the western news media?”
You answered your own question here: “EVERY SINGLE DAY”
If it’s happening every single day then it’s NOT breaking news. Do you even think before you post?
So you are one of them.
That is, a Russian War Crimes aider and abettor who glorifies the atrocities committed in Ukraine. This week it gets even worse.
Russia announced that it supported Hamas and is still doing so. Translated that means that a body of Freepers supporting Russia are also aiding and abetting the war Hamas crimes against the Israeli humanity on October 7.
And it was also announced that Iran is providing missiles to Russia for the purpose of destroying civilian property in Ukraine. That means the Russian war crime abettors also support Iran and all the terrorist activities in Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and now in Yemen.
Bottom line is that you have become abettors of serious and real American enemies.
In the mean time the Ruskies continue to take more and more Uke territory.
but bert, you are the one who supports Neocon wars, not us.
You don’t know what a neocon is. As a paid Russian apparatchik you throw the word around as if you actually understand what you prattle about.
“The only way this ends is Russia realizes its error and withdraws, Ukraine drives them out, or Putin swings at the end of a rope.”
Evil sometimes wins - the USA is presenting proof to the world.
Measured in meters and Russian bodies and dead tanks.
“In the mean time the Ruskies continue to take more and more Uke territory.”
I think the Russians are primarily aiming at smashing the Ukrainian army. When Russians take a city, all they get is rubble and dead soldiers.
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