Russia accidentally bombed itself again, the fourth time this month, UK intel says

[Kennah]

Source: Business Insider

A Russian plane accidentally dropped two bombs on Russian territory, according to UK intelligence, marking the fourth time it's happened this month.

The UK Ministry of Defence highlighted the incidents in an intelligence update on Tuesday, citing a report by the independent Telegram news channel Astra.

According to the report, a Russian aircraft discharged two FAB-250 bombs in the Belgorod region last Saturday. One hit a farm in Postnikov and another struck an urban street in Streletskaya, prompting the evacuation of about 150 residents living close by, per the outlet.

No injuries were reported, and the bombs were defused on Sunday, it said.

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-accidentally-bombed-itself-again-fourth-time-this-month-uk-2024-1

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Bombed themselves. Nothing of consequence was destroyed.

[CanonRay]

1. I wonder if this is an indicator

that the quality of Russian pilots is going down?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. More likely lapses in the staff generating targetting tags. . . . nt

[Kennah]

6. From a mile up, doesn't matter if one lands on their feet

[Kaleva]

7. I think Russians have shot down more Russians...

then UKR has.

[Kennah]

11. At one time, and perhaps still, Russia was the largest supplier of arms and vehicles to Ukraine

Because of all the abandoned stuff

[meow2u3]

19. Not only is the quality of Russian pilots going down

....but also the quantity of russkie pilots is taking a nosedive.

[eggplant]

3. wait, they dropped two bombs and they didn't even explode?

[RussellCattle]

15. That's what I thought. I've heard that some of the Russian pilots are afraid of areas of Ukrainian airspace....

.....and drop bombs early so they can go home more quickly, claiming malfunction or navigation problems. Maybe forgetting to arm the bombs is just another "error". That, or maybe just shitty bombs?

[eggplant]

21. Reminds me of the bit about the most decorated Kamikazi pilot in WW2.

[RussellCattle]

22. eggplant, some jokes just never get old. I had to laugh at that one.

[IronLionZion]

4. How about these geniuses just stop bombing, period?

I still haven't figured out what if anything Russia is gaining from this pointless war.

[maxsolomon]

5. Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk.

Nationalist pride.

[karynnj]

13. They've had Crimea since 2014 and part of the other 2 were controlled

By pro Russian rebels. They do now control areas that were not previously controlled by the rebels, but they never expected to not completely defeat Ukraine in a few weeks. For both sides, it has been a stale mate the last year.

[maxsolomon]

20. Putin wanted official possession of those regions,

and they wanted to make Ukraine a vassal state with no chance of joining NATO.

They've got most of that now, so the point now is mainly the cruelty.

[Kennah]

10. It's attempting to restart and recapture the glory of the Old Soviet Union

[IronLionZion]

12. in it's 3rd year now, it's not working out too well for Russia

might be time for them to give up

[Kennah]

14. Meat grinder will continue until morale improves

[IronLionZion]

18. Or they run out of meat

[Archae]

8. For a minute, I thought it said Russians were bombed...

Which is SOP in Russian ranks.

[Kennah]

9. Not newsworthy

[C Moon]

16. Maybe their planes are getting too much fiber.

[COL Mustard]

17. Apparently the bombs, like the pilots and much of their equipment

Were duds. Typical.