A Russian kamikaze drone on Wednesday flew into NATO air space and detonated near a Romanian village, Ukrainian news reports said, but official Bucharest said the fact of the strike wasn’t confirmed and that they would check.

Ukrainian social media video recorded in the river port city of Izmail, opposite Plaura, showed an orange flash lighting up the night horizon and a booming blast on the Romanian side of the river. Flames and smoke reaching hundreds of meters into the sky were visible following the explosion. A Russian kamikaze drone strike against Izmail had been in progress at the time.

  • macniel
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    48 months ago

    Putin would know fully well that M.A.D. isnt worth it over the russo-ukranian war.

    • @CableMonster@lemmy.ml
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      58 months ago

      Are you aware that he has threatened this multiple times? Who do you think Ukraine is more imporant to Russia (its neighbor) or the US (a country on the other side of the world where a good portion of people couldnt point to it on a map)?

      • macniel
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        38 months ago

        Yeah because only USA is part of NATO (yeah disregard all EU member states of NATO why don’t you) and only on a flat map is it on the other side of the world. It’s literally across the Bering strait.

        • @CableMonster@lemmy.ml
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          68 months ago

          The US is the main driver of NATO by far. The far reaches of russia are right next to the far reaches of the US, but Ukraine is on the other side of the planet. Why would Russia have less incentive than the US to lose?

          • @legion02@lemmy.world
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            58 months ago

            Because we have long memories. The last nation to attempt forceful annexation of neighboring countries like this was Nazi Germany.

            • @CableMonster@lemmy.ml
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              48 months ago

              Oh wow, the comparison to nazi germany… Do you honestly believe that a country with the GDP of one of americas states is a risk to take over Europe like germany did?

                • @CableMonster@lemmy.ml
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                  48 months ago

                  If that is true then Ukraine had zero chance of winning. So then considering that, you are in favor of using the deaths of tens of thousands of dead Ukrainian soldiers and civilians to mildly harm the Russian military?

                  • macniel
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                    48 months ago

                    Mildly harm? The battle reports don’t look so mildly for Russia.