wayfarer
21hr ago
There are reports (supposedly with some level of confirmation) that Russian AWACS were also hit.
Sadly, turns out these planes were among already nonfunctional ones, so Russia still has plural number of AWACS planes.
wayfarer
2d ago
It seems like this was purely (if it had been more successful) intended to try to provoke a nuclear response.
why you think that trying to disable weapons used to bomb Ukraine was in fact attempt to get bombed more?
weapons that aren't being used in the war
Russia was in fact using exactly this bombers to attack Ukraine. It is one of their methods to launch cruise missiles. It is used by Russia as Ukraine cannot target planes in flight and it gives missiles far greater range than launching them from ground.
Maybe photo is not from invasion of Ukraine, but here you have Kh-101 missiles under the wings of a Tupolev Tu-95: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tu95MSM_%22Super_Modern%22_(24912829706).jpg
Not bothered to find official video of doing this as part of bombing Ukraine, but AFAIK noone is denying this.
The pro-russian people tend to think more strategically and the pro Ukr in emotional displays
Yes, invasion of Ukraine was a masterful stroke of genius strategy and was famously considered as masterfully prepared. Unlike emotional Ukrainian defense that had no strategic thought whatsoever.
In other words you generalization is just false.
And that is leaving aside fact that morale tends to be fairly important in war, so it is rational to take care of also that.
Some destroyed Tu-95 had mounted Kh-101 cruise missiles under their wings, in preparation to attack Ukraine.
Geee, I wonder why Ukrainians may be trying to destroy them.
(disclaimer: I was unable to verify exact type of missile)
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