Dec 2024: Azerbaijani airliner crashes (shot down?) in Kazakhstan (split from UKR thread)

[The Bread Guy]

Well, well, well - may not have been the first time something's shot out of the sky mistaken for a drone by a Russian AA operator ....

Russian officer given nearly three years in prison for downing Russian helicopter he mistook for Ukrainian drone — Meduza

A Russian soldier has been sentenced to two years and ten months in prison after mistakenly shooting down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter with an anti-aircraft missile system, believing it to be a Ukrainian drone, Kommersant reports.

meduza.io

 

[GR66]

Well, well, well - may not have been the first time something's shot out of the sky mistaken for a drone by a Russian AA operator ....

Russian officer given nearly three years in prison for downing Russian helicopter he mistook for Ukrainian drone — Meduza

A Russian soldier has been sentenced to two years and ten months in prison after mistakenly shooting down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter with an anti-aircraft missile system, believing it to be a Ukrainian drone, Kommersant reports.

meduza.io

Not a smart move by the Russians. Three years in prison is likely much safer than staying on the front against Ukraine. If I were a Russian AD officer I'd be tempted to take down the next RuAF aircraft I see in order to get the same sweetheart deal!

 

[The Bread Guy]

Not a smart move by the Russians. Three years in prison is likely much safer than staying on the front against Ukraine ...

I suspect the widow Navalny might beg to differ

 

[daftandbarmy]

moved

 

[KevinB]

It's official: Russia did it...

ICAO Rules Russia Liable for MH17 Downing in Landmark Aviation Ruling​

ICAO finds Russia violated international law in 2014 MH17 tragedy, setting precedent for state accountability in aviation disasters. Australia and Netherlands lead reparations efforts.

ICAO Rules Russia Liable for MH17 Downing in Landmark Aviation Ruling

ICAO finds Russia violated international law in 2014 MH17 tragedy, setting precedent for state accountability in aviation disasters. Australia and Netherlands lead reparations efforts.

airpronews.com

Wrong thread. This thread isn’t about the MH17