**Ukrainian Partisans Claim Responsibility for Burning Russian Jets**
On December 21st, Ukrainian partisans targeted an airfield in Russia’s Lipetsk Oblast, approximately 340 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, resulting in the destruction of two Su-30 fighter jets. The operation, which took two weeks to plan, involved a “representative of the resistance movement” successfully infiltrating the military facility, bypassing patrols and guard schedules, and setting the aircraft ablaze. This successful attack is estimated to have caused up to $100 million in damage and further weakens Russian air power, adding to the reported 432 aircraft destroyed since the full-scale invasion.
John Q. Hosedrinker