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.

  • 3volver@lemmy.world
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    Russia has been conducting strikes for over a year inside of Ukraine. It’s only fair that Ukraine can conduct strikes inside of Russia. Putin has done more to strengthen NATO than any other country’s leader in decades.

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      But this is just a news report detailing an event in the war… And plus, Russia is bad… So…

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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      I mean… Russia is bad. It invaded its neighbor twice, it makes being queer illegal, Putin critics keep “mysteriously” dying, the media is all state-owned meaning it only reports what Putin wants reported, the elections are fraudulent affairs…

      But apparently they have fresh bread in supermarkets in Russia. So says Tucker Carlson. So it’s not all bad.

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        It invaded its neighbor twice

        Just out of curiosity, when did westerners started to have a problem with invading other countries? I ask just because of the fact that in the last 100 years you were always either the invader or sided with the invader. And now its all wrong. Could you care to point when this change happened?

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          Ah, yes. The famously singular “westerners” who all 100% agreed with every foreign affairs policy of their government over the past century.

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          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?

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          A people and it’s government are two different things. And frequently the government does not give accurate representation of its people’s desires.

          But let’s say the USA, because I assume that’s what you are insinuating by westerners, is 100x more evil than all other countries combined. Does that mean the Russian government isn’t bad? Nope. Truth doesn’t change based on the moral character of another separate unrelated entity. Even if that entity is worse and even if that worse entity is the one saying the truth.

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            I’m not a fan of the US, its imperialism, and its geopolitical meddling but even I have to admit that the last time they annexed something was in 1900, Hawaii. Two years earlier, Puerto Rico (from Spain).

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              You do know that South Korea and Japan want those bases there, right? They don’t have to allow them. They are a huge boon to the local economies.

              They may be there because of a war, but they remain there because the people in those sovereign nations want them there.

              You know what military the sovereign nation of Ukraine doesn’t want on its soil? The Russian military.

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                  I would advise you not to violate our civility rule again.

                  Now-

                  Can you show any evidence whatsoever that the governments of South Korea and Japan are being forced to keep American military bases there?

                  Can you show any evidence whatsoever that their presence has been a net negative on either nation?

                  Can you show any evidence that the nation of Ukraine does want Russia’s military on its soil?

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        Lol, remember when a a band of mercenaries invaded Russia a year or two ago? The only reason this didn’t end in devastation for Russia is because Wagner called it off.

        A map showing the massive advances into Russia by Wagner.

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      Ah yes, the typical Russia bad post post. You could at least contribute something to the discussion.

      Sometimes when everyone thinks something is bad, it’s because it’s actually bad.