Lots of mil activity around the Crimes area:
And now they’re doing loops over southeast Ukraine. 25 km from Crimean border. I can’t recall an operation like this in the post-Cold War period. pic.twitter.com/kWqEEVwMs6
— Hans Kristensen (also on Bluesky) (@nukestrat) September 4, 2020
Here is more tracking of this extraordinary flight. https://t.co/18hW6zYjaJ
Their long-range missiles and vulnerability to air-defense mean they would likely never fly this close in a war, so this is a real in-your-face statement. pic.twitter.com/O4j2KMKcgR
— Hans Kristensen (also on Bluesky) (@nukestrat) September 4, 2020
And more: extraordinary decision to send nuclear bomber so close to contested and tense areas. Lots of other planes fly there, so why a B-52? h/t https://t.co/TMwYiTaAaa pic.twitter.com/0lIEb5XpmB
— Hans Kristensen (also on Bluesky) (@nukestrat) September 4, 2020
B-52Hs circling over the Azov Sea's coast near Crimea. pic.twitter.com/ZVt4sd4LCz
— Status-6 (Military & Conflict News) (@Archer83Able) September 4, 2020
”2 probably 3 B52 are circling near the Sea of Azov.
Meanwhile over the Black Sea” https://t.co/OsTThCpc9F— Jamming (@balticjam) September 4, 2020
— Status-6 (Military & Conflict News) (@Archer83Able) September 4, 2020
And Russian strategic bombers now airborne… https://t.co/hdJcx9ox46
— Status-6 (Military & Conflict News) (@Archer83Able) September 4, 2020
Well, not what I expected to see today that’s for sure. pic.twitter.com/A7L7tf716f
— Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) September 4, 2020
This is SERIOUS if true!!
h/t Alpha Scientist