• Ukraine downed a Russian Su-34 fighter jet over Kursk amid an ongoing territorial push.
  • The Su-34, worth around $36 million, is Russia’s most efficient fighter bomber with advanced tech.
  • Ukraine has previously held long kill streaks with Russian Su-34s.
  • AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today
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    3 months ago

    That goes both ways, at least a little. It would be risky for Russia to ever use nukes, even on their own territory. It certainly wouldn’t make the west happy, and their citizens probably don’t want to see their own villages with mushroom clouds over them.

    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 months ago

      Russia has made it painfully clear that she does not give one single fuck about her citizens. But yeah, using nukes probably wouldn’t end well for Russia at all. I agree, the US would step in at that point and things would get very messy.