Ukrainian fighter jet gets first direct hit on Russian soil

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1. ***The Telegraph reports:***

   A Ukrainian fighter jet has struck a target inside Russia for the first time, destroying a “command node” and a suspected ammunition dump.

   The strike, on Sunday, occurred across the border north of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, where Russia has been amassing troops and equipment as part of a new axis that opened up last month.

   The attack comes after the West gave the green light for missiles to be fired into Russia, and Ukraine destroyed an advanced Russian anti-aircraft system placed near the border.

   Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor for the Russian region of Belgorod, said a “non-residential building” had been struck in the village of Rakitnoye.

   Footage of the area showed a huge fire in what appeared to be a warehouse. Other footage from the area showed a remote-controlled drone placing a Ukrainian flag on a nearby mobile phone tower.

   **Full story:** [**https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/10/ukrainian-fighter-jet-first-direct-hit-russian-soil/**](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/10/ukrainian-fighter-jet-first-direct-hit-russian-soil/)

2. 🥳🥳

3. Finally. Being able to hit the supply areas will greatly help the front. Only took 2 years. Christ

4. One glove is finally coming off. Still have one glove tied behind the back though with still limited allowance for strikes into Russia using western (mostly USA now) weapons.

5. The key shift here has been the destruction of Russian anti-air defenses on the ground. Now Ukrainian combat aircraft can do all kinds of things they couldn’t do before — even without their much-anticipated modernization.

   This site was presumably Ukraine’s top priority ground-attack target, but knowing Ukraine their full list is quite long and they are now going to start methodically chewing through the sausage. I wonder if air-attack missions won’t be coming soon after.