Nuclear-capable B-52 over Ukraine heading toward Crimea. Just days after another B-52 was harassed by Russian fighter. What could possibly go wrong? https://twitter.com/balticjam/status/1301815354637848582
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://twitter.com/archer83able/status/1301826115351306241
Here is more tracking of this extraordinary flight. https://twitter.com/airspecint/status/1301826134338928642

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.
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.
That last one was from https://twitter.com/airspecint/status/1301829508102860801
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