The BBC, and several other news agencies, are reporting that a Russian Tu-154 has disappeared from radar shortly after takeoff from Sochi on the Black Sea. The military jet, believed to be carrying around 100 people, was supposedly bound for Russia’s air field in Latakia Province, Syria.
This is obviously going to be a fast moving story. Russia is on a terror alert and has been involved in an offensive into/on Ukraine’s eastern border for the better part of the past week. So even if this isn’t terrorism or retaliation in regard to Russian aggression against Ukraine or anything else there is going to be those who will attempt to use this incident, and the likely tragic loss of life that has resulted because of it, for their own purposes. There is a real possibility of purposeful strategic miscommunication/desinformatziya here to suit many different actors’ strategic objectives.
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