I’ve analysed this at a professional level and have determined… it’s fucked.
Minor damage. It’s but a scratch.
~ Russian Report
Russia got rid of all the AN225s in the world, I think it’s only fair Ukraine gets to eradicate all the IL-76s.
The front fell off.
Is that normal?
Some of them are built so the front doesn’t fall off at all.
I think we can safely say that’s a write-off.
How much will this affect Russia’s ability to get equipment to the front line?
I feel safe in my assessment that this situation won’t improve matters.
In the latest installment of Ukraine’s campaign of drone strikes against Russian airbases, four Il-76 Candid heavy cargo aircraft were reportedly left damaged last night at an airfield in the far northwest of the country.
Looking at this image while scrolling past it almost looked like a chewed up Pepsi can lmao
Russian propaganda is right, only a few scratch, the hole is not due to the explosion but because russian air force is testing convertible bomber so pilot can feel the air flow and the sun when it’s summer
Oh no
anyway
according to telegram channels i follow this is actually quite an old pre war photo.
That said a number of the planes of the same type as the one pictured here were 'sploded