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.

  • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
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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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      So why are you not protesting the ongoing occupation of south korea or japan?

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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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              Sorry i tend to respond badly to stupidity. Wont happen again.

              The mental gymnastics involved in beliving the japanese people wants troops from the country who nuclealy nuked them for no reason other than showing power to a third country is really out of my mental grasp. Maybe one day i will consume so much propaganda that i will be smart enough to understand things like that.

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                    Saying a question is stupid is not uncivil. Saying a person is stupid is uncivil.

                    And asking why all Westerners are okay with invasions except when Russia does it is a stupid question because it’s obviously not true based on anyone who has paid attention to protests in Western countries when those countries invade other countries.

                    And if you really have an issue with that, you are free to take it up with lemmy.world admins.

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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).