Unidentified guerillas torched the Su-24 warplane in Russia

9 May, 2023 Illustration for the news. Su-24M front-line bomber jet of the Russian Aerospace Forces On Monday, May 8, unidentified people set the Su-24 front-line bomber jet on fire.

"Svoboda Rossii" group reported this on its social media pages. They also released a video of the incident. The message announced the fire of the Su-24 bomber jet in Novosibirsk, which was located at the site of the plant belonging to the Russian company Sukhoi for aviation equipment intended for repair and modernization.

In Russia, unidentified guerillas set the Su-24 warplane on fire, May 2023.

Video frame: Svoboda Rossii formation

The published video captured flames nearby or under the tail of the bomber's fuselage, along with smoke rising from the aircraft. It is noted that "the plane successfully burnt," and it is no longer subject to repair. However, based on the short video, it is impossible to grasp the scope of damage that the bomber jet suffered.

"The guerillas burned the warplane to show that this war must be over. You cannot fight for peace by destroying children and women in a neighboring country.

The Kremlin indeed "managed to repeat" the crimes of the Nazi regime before humanity, and everyone involved will be responsible for this before the court," the report said. A group of people entered the airfield during the daylight hours, carried out a planned action, which they filmed, and left the scene. The possibility of unidentified people entering the territory of Russian airfields hosting military equipment, even one that needs repairs, indicates the insufficient quality of protection of such military and industrial facilities of Russia.

This is not the first time guerillas have attacked Russian military aircraft at the airfields. On the morning of February 27, explosions were heard at the Belarusian airfield Machulishchi. Subsequently, it was reported that an A-50U airborne early warning and control aircraft of the Russian Air Force was attacked by two drones.

A Russian A-50U aircraft at an airfield in Belarus.

2023. Frame from BYPOL video

On March 7, Alexander Lukashenko admitted damage to a Russian plane in Belarus. Lukashenko said that the "spy" was allegedly recruited by the Security Service of Ukraine in 2014 and has an understanding of IT technologies.

The Belarusian dictator also claimed that the "saboteur" was allegedly detained.