Russia has used IL-76s as command and control planes. This occurred well northeast of Moscow so it is much more likely to be shitty maintenance than anything Ukraine might have done. Russia blames it on a bird striking the engine. Clearly, then, this was a bird secretly trained by the CIA to sabotage Russian aircraft.
In a video below you can see an engine falling off the plane.
The invasion of Russia has begun! The People’s Republic of Belgorod shall be free!
Yes, once again the Free Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Siberian Battalion have crossed the border to raise hell inside Russia. They are reported to have some success and captured the border village of Tyotkino. Let’s see if they stay longer than a few days this time.
Tyotkino is so close to the Ukrainian border you could probably throw a rock and hit the Ukrainian side.
Russia claims to have wiped out the invasion in a glorious victory.
Meanwhile, in another border region of Russia …
Ukraine last night imposed additional sanctions on Russia’s oil industry, targeting facilities in several cities. Unlike Western sanctions, these are hard to get around.
Nizhniy Novgorod is about 400 km east of Moscow.
But hey, it’s just an “operational upset.” Nothing to see here. Move along.
This new aid package is supposed to include ATACMS. The Pentagon apparently collected all the loose change that fell between the cushions of every couch in the building.
Actually, according to the Reuters story, the money “is from credits refunded to the Pentagon for recent purchases.”
Let’s hope this is true. The Kerch Bridge is 330 km from Kherson and 238 km from Robotyne as the crow flies, but ATACMS is still not the ideal weapon to take the bridge down. Taurus would be better.
But the most effective weapon used so far as been the good old fashioned truck bomb.
Denmark, meanwhile, continues to go above and beyond in helping Ukraine.
Russia continues to strike apartment buildings with missiles.
So who shot down whom?
Taking down a drone with a sniper rifle seems like some pretty damn good shooting to me.
I wonder if he gets to mount it and put it on the wall.
Bavovna.
Just throw his ass out of the country.
Wait for it … wait for it …
The shark is a nice touch.
Don’t forget to pack your cats.