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A man is accused of trying to poison 77 attendees of a Russian pilots' banquet with cake and whiskey. Yegor Semenov brought the bottles of whiskey and a 44-pound cake to the banquet, Kommersant reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementA man in Russia is accused of delivering poisoned cake and whiskey to a military pilots' school banquet, according to local reports. FSB officials said the cake and whiskey were poisoned, and claimed that the gifts were arranged by Ukraine's spy services, per Kommersant. Baza reported that Semenov is 32, and had tried to fly out of the region from Stavropol after delivering the cake and whiskey.
Persons: Yegor Semenov, , Semenov, Ukraine's, he'd, Baza Organizations: Kommersant, Service, Jameson, Higher Military Aviation School, Pilots, Federal Security Service, ., RIA Novosti, Russian Telegram, Fighter Bomber, Security Services of Ukraine Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, Armavir, Krasnodar, Stavropol
Despite being bigger and more advanced than its enemy, Russia's air force has struggled in Ukraine. It's commonly said that Russian fighter pilots are not as well trained as their Western counterparts, particularly those from the United States. But however ineffective you may think Russian pilot training is compared to the West, the truth seems to be … much worse. A Russian air force pilot prepares to take off in an Su-35 fighter jet at Hemeimeem air base in Syria in September 2019. Put simply, the Gulf War air campaign creates a damning juxtaposition when compared directly to Russia's air campaign over Ukraine.
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