If even a fraction of this is true, it’s a remarkable achievement & a mark of how far Ukr deep strike has come. ‘An operation by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has hit ‘more than 40" Russian bombers at air bases “in the rear of the Russian Federation”…’ kyivindependent.com/enemy-bomber... - ThreadSky

shashj.bsky.social • 1 day ago

If even a fraction of this is true, it’s a remarkable achievement & a mark of how far Ukr deep strike has come. ‘An operation by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has hit ‘more than 40" Russian bombers at air bases “in the rear of the Russian Federation”…’ https://kyivindependent.com/enemy-bombers-are-burning-en-masse-ukraines-sbu-drones-hit-more-than-40-russian-aircraft/amp/

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deirdredonovan.bsky.social•1 day ago

Zelensky's message to putin, krasnov, EU and UK is that the Ukrainians are capable of taking out ruzzian's key military sites. Another elemental point that the Ukrainian's innovations and steadfastness ~ to never give up their sovereignty - they will decimate Russia, no matter how long it takes.

mulletjedi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Indeed, this is the type of ingenious military operation that requires military scholars and institutions to update their teachings on the realities of present and future military operations.

ovidiubold.bsky.social•1 day ago

If even 10 (instead of 40) were hit, this would indeed be TRULY EPIC!

bpkaufmann.bsky.social•1 day ago

If they've taken out another A-50, that's a very big deal; the Russians had less than six remaining operational, and it's almost the only decent AWAC/AEW aircraft type they have - and they're *very* expensive to replace.

ktolu.bsky.social•1 day ago

I have my doubts that they are even able to replace them

hpnieminen.bsky.social•1 day ago

China will just donate a new one, no?

annastea-p.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm not so sure. If China has any sense they'll sit back and let Russia and America destroy themselves and then just step in to pick up the pieces.

bpkaufmann.bsky.social•1 day ago

The PLAAF only has around 8-10 of their own variant (with their own tech, which they would be unlikely to share with Russians) - and they aren't interested in giving them away, as they may need them in a couple of years....

hpnieminen.bsky.social•1 day ago

No shortage of the components russia lacks. No-one is exporting them missiles either. They are making them in russia, while under so-called embargo of all the advanced materiel they'd need for those.

hpnieminen.bsky.social•1 day ago

I mean they are. It's not like they are lacking in materiel.

pruitigoe.bsky.social•1 day ago

They need to bring the hurt to the Russian people - I get the strategic and tactical need to take out Russia's capability to bomb them but they should be disrupting the Russian grid and natural gas delivery infrastructure in Moscow, St Petersburg, etc. Let Moscow go dark and cold. Take away their

pruitigoe.bsky.social•1 day ago

cooking fuel. Then see how long Putin lasts.

jon639.bsky.social•1 day ago

YEA!!! THIS is why Putin kept demanding UA not be allowed to fight fairly! UA is all powerful if given the chance! 🇺🇦

laurianw.bsky.social•1 day ago

Reports say the assault was launched inside Russian territory. Add the two sabotaged Russian trains the day before and it appears Putin is losing control of his own territory.

exotraveller.bsky.social•1 day ago

It also means that any aircraft anywhere in the world — unless sheltered in a reinforced bunker — is vulnerable. It makes no difference whether it’s in the heart of China or in a large country surrounded by fish and friends.

dangerouscorner.bsky.social•1 day ago

No -- it's possible also to avoid this fate by stop and searching container traffic on a large-scale basis. UK neutered the pIRA truck bomb threat to central London in the 90s by doing this. Crowded countries will find this hard though.

exotraveller.bsky.social•1 day ago

In the 90's the UK economy looked radically different. Today there is far more trade, far more containers. So far no nation has been able to stop the flow of drugs in containers. Stopping something like this would be far more difficult. Identifying drone parts is not easy.
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exotraveller.bsky.social•1 day ago

In any case there a million ways to conduct such an attack. One example could be a flying mothership. Fly low and slow and follow roads at night. On a radar it will look like a truck. Release attack drones when near the target. Launch site can be a thousand kilometers from the target.
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electricfox5.bsky.social•1 day ago

Putting the fire into Backfire! 😆

iconoclast88.bsky.social•1 day ago

This news is undoubtedly the best way to start today

jonfarrington.bsky.social•1 day ago

Incredible. Ukraine even struck the TU-22 airbase at Belaya, Irkutsk - that's more than 4,000 miles distant, adjacent Mongolia!

offdamountain.bsky.social•1 day ago

Beautiful.

tilmane.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes, very encouraging. Hopefully true, hopefully we will soon see and know more!

floridamom.bsky.social•1 day ago

This post came right after the article about Trump disabling America's defenses against terrorist attacks (https://bsky.app/profile/miriam2626.bsky.social/post/3lqk6stvrws2i below), making me think we're going to be left asking the Ukrainians to defend us from the Russians someday. SMH

jawa123.bsky.social•1 day ago

WoW. Talk about "cutting off their nose despite their face." Thanks for sharing the article.

briancst.bsky.social•1 day ago

'to spite' not 'despite'. If you don't get the phrase right it's a bit of a damp squid.

jawa123.bsky.social•1 day ago

thank you for the correction! 👍

briancst.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm disappointed nobody has corrected 'damp squid' though.

nucifraga.bsky.social•1 day ago

That's what's known as a Lapsus Calamari.

fonzie-is-cool.bsky.social•1 day ago

ga-collins.bsky.social•1 day ago

Amazing attack with massive damage caused, but will it make much difference? I wasn't aware the Russians used strategic bombers against the Ukrainians.

amethystmedicus.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wanna bet they didn't breathe a word of this plan to the US? 😏

caludio.social•1 day ago

And yet there is still a chance that Trumpito will take some credit for it 🙄

birkie.bsky.social•1 day ago

An unprecedented operation by Ukraine's special forces to destroy strategic bombers worth billions of dollars and weaken Russia's offensive capabilities, as it is no longer capable of producing these types of aircraft. Ukraine does have some cards to play after all.

misshavisham.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

mpzrd.bsky.social•1 day ago

These are fpv drones with an operating radius from their controller of single-digit miles, yes? So that's quite a few operators deep in-country. Not as "remote" as all that.

Hope they were able to execute the withdrawal as efficiently as they did the attack.

bulochkafinn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Seems like some of the reports are coming all the way from Irkutsk. How on earth did they manage to get that deep into Russia?

ktolu.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Russia has no borders" got a twist

photofatinia.bsky.social•1 day ago

Drons have been launched from a truck

babarnhorst.bsky.social•1 day ago

peebeevee.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fingers and toes crossed here 🤞

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