Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments PART 2

Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen · Sep 7, 2022

F-22Raptor · Sep 7, 2022

https://twitter.com/x/status/1567509816175742978

https://twitter.com/x/status/1567540296698806272

Ali_Baba · Sep 7, 2022

Su-25 shootdown was an Air-to-Air kill

Ukrainian troops shoot Su-25 fighter jet out of the sky

Britain's defence ministry said there has been heavy fighting on three fronts: in the north, near Kharkiv; in the east in the Donbas; and in the south in Kherson Oblast

www.dailymail.co.uk

"The video of the Su-25 being taken down was issued by Anatoliy Shtefan, an officer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The jet can be seen flying into the frame of the video from the right - with a second aircraft flying closely behind it. The first aircraft is visible losing altitude.

Excitement builds among those filming the plan as it comes down, and disappears behind a tree line. At this point in the footage, the jet smashes into the ground and bounces - like a skimming stone across a pond - along the earth.

A voice believed to be from the Ukrainian military is heard saying 'Yes, yes…' in accented English and then in Russian: 'Fell down'.

The wrecked jet can be seen leaving a smoke trail as it skims into the distance.

Russian sources said that the pilot successfully ejected and was evacuated. However, there was no proof of this."

F-22Raptor · Sep 7, 2022

https://twitter.com/x/status/1567543637742870530

Vergennes · Sep 7, 2022

https://twitter.com/x/status/1567532439588716545

Another abandonned russian position

F-22Raptor · Sep 7, 2022

https://twitter.com/x/status/1567544591045238786

Viet · Sep 7, 2022

jhungary said:
Nah, he is delusional....

Well, you have to be to think starting this war is a good idea..

He acts like a mafia boss. Or a drug dealer that threatens to stop giving out drugs. Europe was addicted. Many are naive thinking Russia drug is healthy. Now Putin finds China the new drug consumer. Time for Europe to move on.

F-22Raptor · Sep 7, 2022

https://twitter.com/x/status/1567544580123365379

Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen · Sep 7, 2022

https://twitter.com/x/status/1567546292305272841

Vergennes · Sep 7, 2022

F-22Raptor said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1567544580123365379

Ukrainian telegram channels are full of videos/pictures of killed/captured russians especially from the Kharkiv front. Things didn't go as "planned".

F-22Raptor · Sep 7, 2022

US Trained Ukrainian Missileers Who Sunk Russian Warship, Pentagon Official Says

Ukrainian forces who sank a Russian warship with Harpoon missiles in June were trained in the United States, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer said.

That key detail of the strike and a few others were disclosed Wednesday by Bill LaPlante, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, during a conference panel hosted by Defense News.

Ukrainians were trained on the use of the weapons “in our country over Memorial Day weekend,” LaPlante said.

The Boeing-made Harpoon anti-ship missiles used in the strike were given to the Ukrainians by a U.S. ally that LaPlante did not disclose. The missiles were removed from the ally’s ship and then mounted on the back of a flatbed truck. A second flatbed truck served as a “power source,” he said. “There's incredible innovation going on right now and we just don't talk about it enough.”

In mid-June, Ukraine said it deployed Harpoons provided by Denmark. Days later, reports emerged that the Ukrainian military had sunk the Russian naval supply ship Spasatel Vasily Bekh. A week later the Pentagon said Ukraine had sunk that ship with Harpoons.

On Wednesday, LaPlante said that Ukrainian forces had since sunk another Russian warship with the Harpoons. He did not name the ship.

In June, U.S. officials pledged to send Ukraine vehicle-mounted Harpoons as part of a $1 billion weapons package.

In April, Ukrainian forces used Neptune missiles to sink the Moskva, flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet.