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'Russian bombers are burning en masse' — Ukraine's SBU drones hit 'more than 40' aircraft in mass attack, source claims (kyivindependent.com)

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

@Bonifratz @AnalogNotDigital I was interested in this - can you share where this figure came from / how calculated?

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

They have roughly 120 strategic bombers in their air force. 40 of those is 33%.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

@AnalogNotDigital Ah I found BBC, Reuters and AP quoting the Ukranian SBU " SBU officially confirmed it had carried out the strikes, saying that "34% of [Russia's] strategic cruise missile carriers" were hit" - bbc.com/news/articles/c1ld7ppr… - and that " Tu-95 and Tu-22M3, as well as A-50 were destroyed" - Claims not yet independently verified. - It sounds like a massive hit but I have a feeling that we might see independent claims downgrading the figure a bit. The "strategic cruise missile carriers" is also a bit of qualifier. I would assume that there are independent estimates of what usable air power Russia has. I'm not seeing those chime in yet.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I think the "strategic cruise missile carriers" bit is just a bad translation, it's clear in ukranian he means "we blew up aircraft capable of launching cruise missiles" and then is discussing the specific aircraft destroyed as separate figures.