Mack The Finger
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October 17, 2025...by Volodymyr Ivanyshyn
When I am not here making LIBs look foolish...I bounce around and trying to keep up with current events. I read about the Russian-Ukraine war at WTF is wrong with Russia and The Kyiv Independent. (where this article is from)
Russia shot down its own Su-30SM fighter jet over Crimea while its air defense was trying to intercept Ukrainian drones flying to the occupied peninsula and deep inside Russia overnight, Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy, said on Oct. 17.
Pletenchuk said that the intercepted radio communications reveal that the pilot flying the fighter jet in the northwestern part of Crimea was killed after two engines caused fire. "The enemy likely shot down its own multirole fighter while repelling a (Ukrainian) drone attack using air defense systems," Pletenchuk told the Kyiv Independent.
The Ukrainian drone attack appears to have hit a facility near the Gvardeyskoye airbase in Crimea, and the footages appear to show the oil depot nearby on fire, the Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported.
Ukraine's Special Forces later confirmed that its drones inflicted damage on Gvardeyskoye's oil depot and a plant, attaching a video supposedly showing the attack from a drone view.
kyivindependent.com
When I am not here making LIBs look foolish...I bounce around and trying to keep up with current events. I read about the Russian-Ukraine war at WTF is wrong with Russia and The Kyiv Independent. (where this article is from)
Russia shot down its own Su-30SM fighter jet over Crimea while its air defense was trying to intercept Ukrainian drones flying to the occupied peninsula and deep inside Russia overnight, Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy, said on Oct. 17.
Pletenchuk said that the intercepted radio communications reveal that the pilot flying the fighter jet in the northwestern part of Crimea was killed after two engines caused fire. "The enemy likely shot down its own multirole fighter while repelling a (Ukrainian) drone attack using air defense systems," Pletenchuk told the Kyiv Independent.
The Ukrainian drone attack appears to have hit a facility near the Gvardeyskoye airbase in Crimea, and the footages appear to show the oil depot nearby on fire, the Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported.
Ukraine's Special Forces later confirmed that its drones inflicted damage on Gvardeyskoye's oil depot and a plant, attaching a video supposedly showing the attack from a drone view.
Russia 'shoots down own Su-30SM fighter jet' during Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea, Sochi
In Donetsk, a Russian ammunition depot was hit in a drone attack, with fires and explosions reported in the occupied city.
kyivindependent.com
