An-225 destruction image analysis

Re:An-225 destruction image analysis by paulgb on Sunday February 27, 2022 @11:52AM (#30490083)

Tangential question, but I figure the people who might know the answer would be in this thread.

Two days ago, there was news about two II-76s being shot down[1]. A US senator (Rubio) even seemed to imply it[2]. Since then, I haven't seen anything about it. Is there any indication that this did/didn't happen?

[1] https://twitter.com/rgilliescanada/status/149742872547813376...

[2] https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1497348285333389313

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Re:An-225 destruction image analysis by Aeolun on Sunday February 27, 2022 @12:11PM (#30490271)

I’m fairly certain the Ukrainian government confirmed they did (sorry, not sure of the source), with russian 240 casualties as a result, but whether or not that’s propaganda, fog of war, or the truth is not clear to me.

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Re:An-225 destruction image analysis by varjag on Sunday February 27, 2022 @02:34PM (#30491700)

Frankly with the colossal amount of video footage documenting Russia's other air and land losses there's very little incentive for Ukrainian government to make that up.

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Re:An-225 destruction image analysis by Aeolun on Sunday February 27, 2022 @07:16PM (#30494405)

Yeah, but all their other statements actually have coverage, so the one event that doesn’t (as far as I know) feels a bit iffy.

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