Ukrainian drones destroyed or damaged one of Russia’s most advanced fighter aircraft — an Su-57 — at an airfield northwest of Astrakhan, which is on the northern Caspian Sea.
This stealth fighter was supposed to be the pride of the Russian Air Force but production issues and a lack of interest by foreign buyers have set it back. Russia is said to only have 22 such aircraft as of December.
They are estimated to cost about $35 million each.
Reuters has an article about it.
A popular Russian pro-war military blogger who calls himself Fighterbomber and focuses on aviation said the report of the strike on the Su-57 was correct and that it had been hit by a drone.
The GUR said the aircraft was parked at the Akhtubinsk airfield, which it said was 589 km (366 miles) from front lines in Ukraine between Ukrainian and Russian invasion forces.
"The pictures show that on June 7, the Su-57 was standing intact, and on (June 8th), there were craters from the explosion and characteristic spots of fire caused by fire damage near it," the GUR said, with the images posted alongside the message.
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Russian blogger Fighterbomber said the jet fighter was struck by shrapnel and the damage was currently being assessed to see if the aircraft could be repaired.
As you might expect, Russians were not happy and pointed out that the planes aren’t even in shelters. One claimed Ukraine hit it with stealth drones.
Or maybe it was the Secret Jewish Space Laser.
“I'll only add a spoonful of honey right away. The plane is not badly damaged. The asses of those who slept through the UAV will be severely damaged. I hope the commission will decide to restore it, given that there are few of those”
Ukraine also is reported to have hit another ship (possibly a landing ship) of the Black Sea fleet in the Sea of Azov at Yeisk.
Meanwhile, over near Belgorod … another ammo dump is blessed by Ammo Dump Jesus while Ukrainians troll Russia by planting a Ukrainian flag on a communications tower.
This is Igor Gundarov, a man with a death wish.
He is a Doctor of Medicine, a professor, a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and an expert of the Russian State Duma.
He says Putin, who wants Russians to make a lot more babies, is useless and Russians suffer from “an epidemic of psychogenic infertility and erectile dysfunction.”
I predict Igor will soon fall out of a window — accidentally of course.
Gosh, that’s a damn shame about your truck.
They were treated like meat?!?! I’M SO SHOCKED.
Not much left of that building.
Dead men walking
I guess they didn’t read the fine print on their scholarships.
This level of sickness in a culture cannot be fixed.
His luck finally ran out.
Not exactly KC and the Sunshine Band but you can dance to it.
