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Ukrainian uncrewed boat destroys Russian warplane for first time in history (www.pravda.com.ua)
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Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) equipped with R-73 air-to-air missiles are reported to have hit a Russian Su-30 fighter jet near the port of Novorossiysk.

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[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago

Fuck Russia.

[–] PotatoLibre@feddit.it 13 points 2 days ago

So beautiful

[–] kevinsbacon 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Please tell me it involved doing a flip.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 days ago

No, but it did produce a nice firework. Here's an article I found that includes the video

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

I love how Ukraine manages to casually reinvent modern warfare roughly once every couple months for the past 3 years and no one seems to ever make a big deal of it.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 3 points 2 days ago

I love the Ukrainians, they are tougher than nails. And extremely resourceful.