New high-resolution satellite images of damaged Russian Su-57 fighter jet at Russia’s Akhtubinsk Air Base after Ukrainian strike. Post-attack images show burn marks and a small crater near the jet’s cockpit, suggesting it likely sustained shrapnel damage.

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1. Not really what we hoped for. Seems those bastards got lucky once again.

2. There appears to be a crater near the tail also. That jet likely has substantial shrapnel damage.

3. Duct tape…as good as new

4. I would like to know how the drone got close enough to make small craters near the aircraft and deliver shrapnel damage, but not be a direct hit.

   The funniest thing is I’m pretty sure you can see the damn thing on Google maps satellite view. It’s just outside in the open.

5. It’s damaged alright or they would have moved it

6. Only 1? Or 2? Bc rumers.

7. Something to consider is an aircraft as advanced and dangerous as that, also means it’s a lot more vulnerable. More precise machinery, advanced and delicate electronics. Small bits of shrapnel, shock from nearby explosion can render in inoperable and probably a lot harder to source or produce the parts for something like that vs an aircraft that’s been in wide spread use for long time that there are more spares for

8. There’s an object casting a shadow around the “cockpit crater”. Maybe they put something like a cone on it for safety but it’s odd to see that shadow. I wish these images were high res. This is like NIIRS 4.5.

9. It may just be a decoy plane made from plastic.

10. There are 3 planes visible. Is it likely the other two were not attacked, because they are decoys? Did the Russians bring in backups, after the first attack?

11. Are those spray paint squiggles on the tarmac a lo-fi Russian attempt at adversarial image manipulation to make detection of the fighter harder from satellite images?