Ukraine. Ukraine. Ukraine.

[mugatu]

A bomb killed a Russian general in Moscow. A Ukrainian official says secret service was behind it

Igor Kirillov, who was named the head of Russia’s nuclear defense forces in April 2017, was under sanctions from several countries including the U.K. and Canada for his role in Ukraine.

apnews.com

Getting this out since Donny hasn't yet.

I'm not generally a fan of blowing up people in public for an assassination, or any assassinations really. I don't know enough to know if this was smart or not.

 

[mugatu]

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/azerbaijan-airlines-flight-was-downed-by-russian-air-defence-system-four-sources-2024-12-26/

Closest thread for this and didn't want to start another.

Russia possibly shot down commercial airline.

 

[UrbanCowboy]

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/azerbaijan-airlines-flight-was-downed-by-russian-air-defence-system-four-sources-2024-12-26/

Closest thread for this and didn't want to start another.

Russia possibly shot down ANOTHER commercial airline.

Fixed that for ya. This is...3 I think in the last 10 years?

 

[mugatu]

Fixed that for ya. This is...3 I think in the last 10 years?

Knew MH17 was them, is there another I'm forgetting?

Possible reason for this one I saw was that is was similar to a Ukrainian UAV attack axis, but I'm not smart enough on the situation to know if that's true.