A Ukrainian agent slipped into Russia, traveled 900 miles to Chelyabinsk air base, sneaked onto the tarmac at night and lit a fire on a Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber.
There are a lot of things secondhand European F-16 fighters can do for Ukraine’s war effort. But it’s clear what they should do first. Shoot down Russia’s glide-bombers.
Russia s precision glide-bombs potentially a lot of them are hammering a tiny sliver of a settlement sheltering the most forward, and most exposed, Ukrainian forces.
For two weeks, the Russians have mounted attack after attack. For two weeks, Ukrainian drones and artillery have blasted the assault columns into oblivion.