An operation by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has hit “more than 40” Russian bombers at air bases “in the rear of the Russian Federation,” a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent on June 1.
“Enemy strategic bombers are burning en masse in Russia — this is the result of a special operation by the SBU,” the source said.
Video provided by the source shows what appears to be a row of heavy bomber aircraft on fire at an undisclosed location.
Of which a disproportionate share was Ukrainian. Valentin Hlushko’s engine shot Gagarin into space, Sergei Korolev designed the Soyuz, and Soyuz’ successor, Zenith, is Ukrainian.
And that’s just rockets. Ukraine designed and built Russia’s only aircraft carrier, and their flagship (the Moskva), as well as the missiles that promoted it to submarine.
Ukraine also did the bulk of the heavy lifting fighting back the Nazis. And they’re certainly out-innovating and out-engineering Russia right now when it comes to drones.
That’s not to say that Russia is completely incapable and they have no scientists or engineers at all, but this equation of “The Soviets did it, so it’s Russian” is very misleading.
All true. Nevertheless, Russia is in possession of much of that now (specifically the nukes), which is most of what I really implied.