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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KNOCK IT OFF!
What a nasty thread. Looks like you and your zeeper buddies stayed up all night drinking vodka with Ukranians and snorting Hunter’s coke.
Tell Russia to leave Ukraine.
You and your Brandon Junta overlords are the ones to engage with Putin, FRiend.
Globohomopedos
Gog globohomopedos usa
MaGog globohomopedos nato
Rev 13
Tell the Russians to send the bodies of the slaughtered Azov guys at Avdeyevka home to their wives and mothers.
from a revamped S-200 Soviet-era long-range air defence missile - a staggering blow to Russia’s already diminishing collection.
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The old Soviet stuff is still dangerous. Not bogged down by ‘modern’ developments.
So, dear US Leaders, are you planning on combatting against the modern version of Russian weaponry? Which is as weak and vulnerable as our modern versions?
Or do you know your rear end is wide open?
The Ruskies just took Robotyne.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3q7bzEREck&ab_channel=MilitarySummary
The Ruskies also took Sjeverne.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n10TH3N5gPs&ab_channel=WeebUnion
You got to say neocon and thus enhanced your own self esteem
Eurotrash are waking up to the misadventure.
How about you?
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