Drones, Assassinations, Resistance?

This morning, we woke up to news of the death of a strategic bomber Russian pilot at the Engels base in Russia. Now, this is not a minor thing. It shows Ukraine has reached beyond the border. We knew they had that reach for some time, but this points to further operational capabilities:

The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine reported the shooting of a Russian pilot in Engels

The agency reports that the crew commander of the Tu-95 strategic bomber, Major Oleg Sergeevich Stegachev, was shot in Engels. According to them, he is involved in launching missile attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine and killing people.

Stegachev received a gunshot wound, but whether he survived or not is unknown.

The Russian side has not yet commented on the news.

This brought the war way to the Russian rear. It also makes clear to Russian personnel that Ukraine knows who is piloting what. They are signaling that they will go after these people.

Major Oleg Sergeevich Stegachev is not the first officer to find his death in relatively peaceful surroundings:

On Monday, Russian state-run media TASS confirmed the death of Stanislav Rzhitsky.

Rzhitsky — a 42-year-old former commander of a Black Sea Fleet submarine — was shot dead…