Ukraine says its forces hit an ultra-modern Russian warplane stationed on an air base nearly 370 miles from the front lines, after its Western allies allowed Kyiv to use their weapons for limited strikes inside Russia.

Ukraine on Sunday said its forces hit an ultra-modern Russian warplane stationed on an air base nearly 600 kilometers (370 miles) from the front lines, after its Western allies allowed Kyiv to use their weapons for limited strikes inside Russia.

Kyiv’s main military intelligence service shared satellite photos it said showed the aftermath of the attack. If confirmed, it would mark Ukraine’s first known successful strike on a Su-57 fighter plane, a twin-engine stealth fighter lauded as Moscow’s most advanced military aircraft.

In one photo, black soot marks and small craters can be seen dotting a concrete strip around the parked aircraft. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, the strike took place on Saturday at the Akhtubinsk base in southern Russia, some 589 kilometers (366 miles) from the front line.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    9·
    6 months ago

    Are you saying that because Western countries have done bad things it means that Russia isn’t doing a bad thing when it does it too?

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
            6·
            6 months ago

            Well it was a stupid question:

            Just out of curiosity, when did westerners started to have a problem with invading other countries?

            I’ve always had a problem with invading other countries. Why do you think I don’t? I was working in a protest camp against the 1991 Iraq War when I was in middle school. I marched against the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in massive antiwar marches in Los Angeles. I have been protesting against Israel’s invasion of Gaza since it began.

            I have the same problem with Russia invading Ukraine as I did with the U.S. invading Iraq.

            Any other stupid questions?