- cross-posted to:
 - ukraine@lemmit.online
 
- cross-posted to:
 - ukraine@lemmit.online
 
- Ukraine downed a Russian Su-34 fighter jet over Kursk amid an ongoing territorial push.
 - The Su-34, worth around $36 million, is Russia’s most efficient fighter bomber with advanced tech.
 - Ukraine has previously held long kill streaks with Russian Su-34s.
 



Although funny enough that’s what we promised to do in Japan after WWII.
https://youtu.be/YzRWPGSaKDk
They did experience rapid economic growth, and did move to a democratic government, though as usual the right wing leadership took hold both here and there, and we just wanted Japan as a military base to counter those commie Russians, and they wanted to nullify the treaty preventing them from having a standing army