Posted on 07/18/2022 7:25:43 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
A $36 million Russian Su-34 bomber was reportedly shot down by Russia's own forces over Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region, Ukrainian media outlets claimed on Monday.
The jet was reportedly downed near Alchevsk, a city in the Luhansk region—one of the areas where the war is currently focused. Alchevsk is currently under the occupation of Moscow-backed separatist forces.
Videos and images shared by the Strategic Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Telegram messaging app on Monday appear to show the charred remains of a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber.
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"Russian invaders from the air defense shot down their own plane, which was flying in the sky over Alchevsk," reported Ukrainian news outlet dialog.ua, noting that the incident could have taken place on Sunday when Ukraine's armed forces launched a targeted attack on military depots in the occupied city.
According to the Ukrainian news outlet Glavred, a video of the downed Su-34 aircraft was posted on local Telegram channels, and Russians at first commented believing that a Ukrainian plane had been shot down. The video was then reportedly deleted after it became clear that it was a Russian bomber.
Russian authorities have not commented on the reports.
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They don’t have IFF? You’d think that would be essential when both sides have the same aircraft.
LOL.....not sure where else the plane would be performing this act.....
Watch the video. The Russians didn’t know what the hell was going on.
Goodwill gesture from Putin.
How do you say “Ooops” in Russian?
Easy. “Oopsky”.
My skepticism meter just automatically goes up a few notches when I see the following phrases in a title regarding the war in Ukraine:
Ukraine claims
Ukraine says
Zelensky claims
Zelensky says
Russia claims
Russia says
Putin says
Putin claims
I saw that exact same footage of the downed Jet 3 months ago also on your channel
Comments from your link...
It appears that Russian air defenses shot down its own Su-34 bomber.
Don’t know how they could make that mistake. It looks nothing like a civilian airliner
Incidentally yesterday was the anniversary of the MH-17 downing by Russians
Lol, zelenski shoukd put put a statement that Russians are now fighting FOR u,raine by shooting down their own planes
—”I saw that exact same footage ...”
Post the link so we can also make a determination!
Most likely you misremembered.
Happens all the time.
If Russia’s minister of defense spokesman calls it a goodwill gesture, we’ll know the story is true.
—”My skepticism meter just automatically goes up a few notches”
My career Navy father often said, “Only believe half of what you see and nothing of what you hear”.
Also, “Early reports, tend to be error prone”.
LOL. Target rich environment in the Russian World today. Video at the link.
@francis_scarr
You couldn’t make this up
Last night Russian state TV ran a report on the unexpected ‘benefits’ of having your son killed in Ukraine
You can buy a Lada with the compensation given to you by the state!
https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1548992984946974720
And Putin goes on a pilgrimage to Iran tomorrow to beg the ayatollahs for drones! Too funny!
Oops.
L
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