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'Russian bombers are burning en masse' β€” Ukraine's SBU drones hit 'more than 40' aircraft in mass attack, source claims (kyivindependent.com)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

For what I thought I knew, they only had 3 (some say they had only one but I doubt it) airworthy AWACS (the A50) so losing one makes it impossible to patrool & cover even the most important parts of russia.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Exactly. This is a massive strike that we fully won't know the repercussions of for a little bit. We'll just have to see how their optempo changes. It honestly could be even worse for them. They have 120 of those bombers, period. Meaning some of them might not even be air worthy at all and are just spare parts.

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