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sancho_sk on November 22nd, 2024 at 15:42 UTC »

That's one bad-ass teacher! :)

Spartan2470 on November 22nd, 2024 at 16:15 UTC »

This a frame from this video.

Here is the source. Per there:

> @KpsZSU

> On the morning of November 17, soldier Nataliia Hrabarchuk successfully shot down a russian cruise missile using an Igla MANPADS.

> It was her first combat launch and first successful hit!

> 6:56 AM · Nov 17, 2024

Here provides the following context:

> Published Nov 18, 2024 at 8:54 AM EST

> By Marni Rose McFall

> A video of a Ukrainian soldier shows her appearing to successfully shoot down a Russian cruise missile in her first combat launch.

> Natalia Hrabarchuk, who was a nursery schoolteacher before the Russia-Ukraine war, was filmed destroying the Kh-101 long-range missile on Sunday morning during the latest of Russia's large-scale attacks, according to the Ukrainian air force.

> Moscow launched a "massive, combined attack," of approximately 120 and 90 drones across Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement released early on Sunday.

> In the statement, Zelensky said that Moscow had used several types of missiles, including its hypersonic Zircon and Kinzhal missiles and the Irania-designed Shahed strike drones. Kyiv reportedly intercepted more than 140 of the incoming targets, Zelensky said.

> The footage of Hrabarchuk, shared on X, formerly Twitter by the Ukrainian Air Force account said that: "On the morning of November 17, soldier Nataliia Hrabarchuk successfully shot down a russian cruise missile using an Igla MANPADS. It was her first combat launch and first successful hit!"

> Newsweek could not independently verify the veracity of the video.

garrettj100 on November 22nd, 2024 at 16:48 UTC »

You know one day this is all going to be over. And some snot-nosed brats are going to be giving that teacher a hard time. And perhaps someone reminds them that while they were naught but a twinkle in their Daddy's eye, she was shooting down fucking Russian missiles.