• 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.
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    28 days ago

    It does contain mountains and deserts, (and taiga and steppe and deciduous forest and grassland, it’s really, really big) but the main reason it’s less inhabited is that it’s much less developed. https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1000459

    This situation is comparable to the midwest and rockys in the US.