The War in the Ukraine

During the night attack on June 6, Russian missiles and drones on Kyiv, footage was published of the alleged destruction of the Ukrainian Patriot air defense system by a Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile. In the video, the Patriot air defense system fires four missiles, after which an Iskander-M missile hits the launch site.

I'm not here to spread the nuke ideology but would Ukraine's attack on Russian strategic airfield trigger the use of nuclear weapon?

Speaking to GB News, Stephen Hall, a lecturer in Russian politics at the University of Bath,explainedabout how the updated Kremlin nuclear doctrine should spell concern for the West.

He said: “If nuclear missiles or systems that can fire those missiles are attacked, that could constitute a decision by the Kremlin for a nuclear response.”

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Residents of the city of Lutsk, Volyn region of Ukraine, began publishing footage of Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles striking the Ukrainian Motor repair plant and other facilities. The plant repairs engines for MiG-29, Su-27 and Su-24 aircraft. The missiles were presumably launched by Tu-95 and Tu-160 aircraft. The Kh-101 missile has a range of up to 5,500 km and a 400 kg warhead. Some versions of Kh-101 missiles have an 800 kg warhead.

Footage of an attack by a Russian Su-34 fighter bomber in Donbas, presumably with an ODAB-1500 vacuum bomb with a UMPK module. The strike was carried out on the location of the 81st airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian army in Seversk in Donbas. The ODAB-1500 aerial bomb is activated sequentially during combat use: first, the active substance is sprayed, then oxidizes in the air with ignition and subsequent detonation.

A strike by a Russian FAB-3000 bomb in the Kursk region in the village of Gornal, on a temporary deployment point for Ukrainian units in an abandoned building. The video was filmed a month ago. The FAB-3000 bomb was dropped by a Russian Su-34 aircraft

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This shouldn't be really that surprising tbh. Ukraine has shot down Su-35s multiple times now, though only a handful.

The Su-35 has been shot down in extremely limited numbers. If this is because they typically operate further behind the line of contact, or because the airplane is more resilient I don't know. The Su-35 has a much lower RCS than other Flankers. Closer to that of a much smaller F-16. This is because it uses more composites in the airframe and has RCS treatments in the engine. It also has MAWS unlike the other Russian Flankers.

That one is epic, it's not a drone downed by a jar, it's a drone downed by a scissor. They just cut the fiber optic wire !

BREAKING: Ukraine just shot down a Russian Su-35 air superiority fighter over the Kursk region. According to initial reports, it was shot down by a Ukrainian F-16 jet.

A Su-35 Multirole Fighter with the Russian Air Force was downed earlier today over the Kursk Oblast of Western Russia, reportedly by a Ukrainian F-16 using an air-to-air missile, with the pilot claimed to have survived, being rescued later by Russian Forces. This is the eighth confirmed Su-35 to have been lost by Russia during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Makes sense since SU-35's or any other Russian fighter is not going to fly near the front with its radar on telling Ukrainian sensors I'm here. Same with Ukraine F-16's I think AWACS and ground base long range sensors (both sides) are used to guide these fighters to enemy aircraft and when in range they turn on their radars.