wip wednesday: made a HUGE amount of progress this week (for context—purple is unfinished & yellow is finished; last week all of them were purple) … i am in the home stretch here
Low level Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 Flanker operations, Ukraine, 2023. Source: OSINTtechnical
P.S. The active phase of the war in Ukraine has been going on for almost two years now, and despite the hopes of the Kremlin and corrupt Russophiles, Ukraine's numerically small military aviation continues to operate quite successfully, destroying the Russian army. By delaying the delivery of modern long-range missiles, aviation weapons and advanced aircraft to Ukraine, the West made a huge strategic mistake...
2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet successfully intercepts a Russian Kalibr cruise missile.
The interception of cruise missiles by aircraft hadn’t been seen in this scale since the RAF began to destroy German V-1 missiles targeting civilian targets during WW2.
Yet another nazi parallel in Putin’s invasion of a sovereign nation.
The Ukrainian Air Force has taken out the Novocherkassk, a 112.5 meter landing vessel, which was parked at the port of Feodosia in illegally occupied Crimea.
Russia says the Novocherkassk was "damaged"; that's quite an understatement. Looking at this photo, you can see it mostly submerged and badly burnt in front of some dock structures.
There are unconfirmed reports that the Novocherkassk was carrying Iranian Shahed drones. The presence of the Novocherkassk at a dock with large cranes and the disproportionately powerful explosion would indicate that the Novocherkassk had a significant amount of munitions on board at the time and may have been either delivering or loading them.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted to the destruction of the Russian Novocherkassk with a classic burn...
I am grateful to our Air Force for the impressive replenishment of the Russian underwater Black Sea fleet with another vessel.
Вдячний нашим Повітряним силам за ефектне поповнення російського підводного Чорноморського флоту ще однією посудиною.
Considering that Ukraine has little in the way of a navy, some of its most high profile successes against Russia have been on the Black Sea.
Ukrainian Air Force Claims Destruction Of Russian Ship In Crimea; Moscow Confirms Missile Strike
Russian IL-22 M command airplane's damaged tail, Russia, January 14, 2024. Source: Necro Mancer
P.S. Do you think it's repairable? Exists quite strong evidence that — The Ukrainian Air Force shot down a Russian A-50 long-range radar detection and control airplane and badly damaged an IL-22 command plane over the Sea of Azov on Sunday evening during well prepared special military operation...!
A-50 is a high-value target. It is a four-engine jet-propelled aircraft, equipped with a rotating radar that scans 360 degrees, detecting radars and potential targets in the air and on land. It has a 15-person crew...