The image may be current, a lot of them have sat for a long time and have engines missing etc, I bet a lot has been cannibalised for spares or simply have been stolen. However they could get the odd one to ferry to a place to refurbish them.

It looks like Ukraine may be considering their prisoners for the Army too.

Yo, just when you thought strange deaths in Russia were a thing of the past..

Is that the same Vitaly Robertus who was a well-known designer/builder/pilot of world championship winning RC jet models? Looks very like the guy I met at various competitions.

Judging by the green grass and leafes on the trees, probably not very current.

I doubt whether they've improved with age.

Lucky guy.

Have to say- albeit as someone with no knowledge of the oil-industry - I can't believe that they have destroyed 12% of Russia's refining capacity.in 2 days as Bloomberg claims. Believable for me would be " have hit refineries responsible for 12% of ......" which might then mean destruction of 1-2% ( pure guess ) refining capacity.

That apart what is the latest on destruction of Patriots ? I read in a couple of places that two launchers had been hit, but numerous other sources like Denys Davidov and Reporting from Ukraine have said nothing and they are normally completely honest AFAIK. Then there was a claim from a Russian source that they had hit a S-300 battery, but which was also not mentioned anywhere else. If this were completely clear, then I would have expected Putin to be on TV awarding a five-year supply of eggs to the successful Iskander ( ? ) commander, but there has been silence on their side too.

No doubt one pissed owner, the first seized Russian car, an Audi Q7

Russian reports are that General Geronimo could have been fired from the army and his replacement has been announced..

Fired from a gun or a 15 storey window?

#9249..looks like a Yak-130 behind him....maybe he `fell` out of the back seat....?

Ukraine lost 3 helos plus an unidentified amount of missiles in a hangar…

Russia today released a video showing the destruction of 3 Ukrainian helicopters, apparently Mi-8s, at an improvised airfield in Donetsk.

The first attack was with cluster bombs, followed by guided missiles.

The helicopters are already posted see 9240. and they lost two, if you watch the follow on strike there are only two left on the ground as the third one had departed. The clusters missed it.

The cost of winning.


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Re the parked up A-50’s, enough said..

That`s not even an A-50 parts boneyard, more an embarrassing scrapyard.
For the whole world to see, looks pretty bad even on google maps sat view...

Yes, though perhaps not so recent! The face and the location are familiar, as is the mention of tea and a (singular) cake at the cafe charging restaurant prices.
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Looks like him to me, and I have met him several times.
Now certain.
Reported as suicide by hanging, but do we believe anything coming out of Russia.
4 senior executives of this company have died in odd circumstances since the beginning of the “SMO”.

Oh, Dennis told about at least one destroyed launcher, in one of the last daily reports (on YT).