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Tangential question, but I figure the people who might know the answer would be in this thread. Two days ago, there was news about two II-76s being shot down[1
by paulgb 5y ago
Tangential question, but I figure the people who might know the answer would be in this thread.
Two days ago, there was news about two II-76s being shot down[1]. A US senator (Rubio) even seemed to imply it[2]. Since then, I haven't seen anything about it. Is there any indication that this did/didn't happen?
[1] https://twitter.com/rgilliescanada/status/1497428725478133760 https://twitter.com/rgilliescanada/status/149742872547813376...
[2] https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1497348285333389313 https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1497348285333389313
- Aeolun 5y agoI’m fairly certain the Ukrainian government confirmed they did (sorry, not sure of the source), with russian 240 casualties as a result, but whether or not that’s propaganda, fog of war, or the truth is not clear to me.
- varjag 5y agoFrankly with the colossal amount of video footage documenting Russia's other air and land losses there's very little incentive for Ukrainian government to make that up.
- Aeolun 5y agoYeah, but all their other statements actually have coverage, so the one event that doesn’t (as far as I know) feels a bit iffy.