The incident happened just weeks after Kyiv took delivery of the supersonic aircraft.
  • ProletarianDictator [none/use name]
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    3 months ago

    Passive voice, not to excuse Russia, but to hide the fact that Russia can take them out.

    Shit just fell out of the sky I guess

    • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      Palestinian child found dead after moving forward in relation to bullet assuming the bullet is a fixed point in space

    • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      Do we know it wasn't a mechanical or pilot error? Ukraine literally just started using F-16s, and only had a few months to train pilots.

      Edit: It helps if you read the article.

      The cause of the crash was not a direct result of an enemy missile strike, the Ukrainian military claims.

      Lmao he drove it into the ground.

      • drhead [he/him]
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        3 months ago

        There is a third option you forgot.

        One of Ukraine's officials claimed that a Patriot missile took it out.

        https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-f16-crash-2755b4fd1a5dcf1e95ae975d44427b9b

      • CommCat [none/use name]
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        3 months ago

        It was lost during a Russian missile attack, even if it was shot down by Russians, it would be way too embarrassing for the US/Ukrainians/NATO to admit. They were just delivered and already lost 1. Ukraine's Air Force Chief was fired right after this event lmao

      • SexUnderSocialism [she/her]
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        3 months ago

        When your F-16s exist in the context of all in which they fall out of the sky and the incompetence that came before them. kamala-coconut-tree

  • JayTreeman [none/use name]
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    3 months ago

    I find it funny that people, when Ukraine has a win, will talk about how great the Ukrainians are and how Russia sucks, but when Russia has a win there's crickets.

  • sewer_rat_420 [he/him, any]
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    3 months ago

    So that's like half of them right? Remind me again how the brave Ukrainians are embarrassing the orcs