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A Russian Mi-24 helicopter was reportedly shot down by friendly fire while patrolling the waters of the Black Sea. (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I have my doubts about how accurate all these claims are, and whether other causes are being attributed to friendly fire, but there's an astonishing number of cases like this.

I guess largely because both sides have very similar equipment.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Russia blames it on an equipment failure

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

That's very possible, especially considering they can't get parts for civilian aircraft, so are likely having problems getting military components.

Ukraine made a lot of aircraft during the USSR days.