[marktwain]

Geopolitically and strategically, such an action would be against their interests.

That is a matter of interpretation.

Russia has been very bad at interpreting the geopolitical situation.

Russia, does not have a good unitary command in the war zone.

Recall the airliner shot down over the Donetsk Oblast in 2014?

Maylaysia Airlines Flight 17.

[Glad2bnuts]

I seem to remember a US airline shot down over Long Island Sound by the US forces under Clitnon.