The Media & Their Narratives.

[Ninurta]

I occasionally hear or read established media-outlets -when asked about dubious stories, replying that 'some media'
are sometimes guilty of stretching credulity, but always fail to mention who they are. Maybe it's a case of 'those without
sin, cast the first stone' and the truth won't set them free, but put them out of work.

Here's one -and I'm certainly no gun-expert, that may be an article that takes that trusting-bond between Journalists
and readers, and shows things are not what they seem.

SHARPSHOOTER
Ukraine claims pensioner ‘shot down £74m Russian fighter jet with RIFLE’ as he’s awarded medal for heroism

'Ukraine claims a pensioner shot down a £74m Russian fighter jet with just a rifle in a million-to-one hit.
The old man allegedly took out the Russian Su-34 warplane as it flew over his home in Chernihiv, northern Ukraine.


Valeriy Fedorovych and his 'target.

He reportedly collected debris from the downed jet and now keeps it in his garage. For the astonishing feat, the man
was awarded a medal by the State Border Service of Ukraine. Valeriy Fedorovych's alleged sharp-shooting hasn't been
independently corroborated.

However, footage from around the time of the reported incident shows the £74m plane spiralling as it crashes to earth.
The pensioner wasn't featured in the video.

Hailing his "heroism", Ukraine's State Border Service praised Valeriy for his "assistance in the protection of the state border".
A clip shared by the agency shows the elderly man walking through his devastated home city with a rifle slung over his shoulder.
It is the latest remarkable story of Ukrainian military exploits to emerge from the first six months of the war with Russia.

The story comes on the same day that Ukraine claimed to have destroyed a Russian plane without firing a single missile.
Yaroslav Melnyk, on receiving his Hero of Ukraine award, explained what had happened.

"We found the target, [and] we turned on the backlight radar," he said. "At this time, radar exposure warning signals sounded
in the [Russian invader's] cabin. "He realised that he had turned from being a hunter to being a target.
"This probably stunned the pilot so much he immediately ejected. The plane crashed..."
The incident reportedly took place in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, where much of the fighting is now concentrated...'

The Sun:

It IS possible, but I don't believe this particular story.

In Afghanistan, I saw a muj shoot down a Russian Mi-8 chopper with an ancient Enfield .303 probably left over from Kipling's Afghan war.

here he is:



He's standing on his chopper like a Great White Hunter after a safari. The rifle in his hands is not the one he used - that one he is holding is an SVD Dragunov captured out of the chopper. It seemed a fair trade, I reckon.

The reason I don't believe this particular story is because that is NOT a rifle the gent is holding. It's a shotgun, and I don't believe anyone could take out a fighter jet with a shotgun.

They taught us to take out aircraft with small arms by creating a cone of fire in front of the nose of the bird and letting them fly into it. The muj didn't do that. He got a lucky shot on a hydraulic line.

But a shotgun doesn't have the reach.

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