New Years fireworks in Baku, Azerbaijan. I was practicing some night time photographs from one of the windows on the @Space_Station at the end of the work day on New Years Eve. I had just finished passing over my targets when I noticed something funny – the city below me was twinkling! I quickly took a video, and realized that as we were orbiting further east, we had orbited into 2026, and I was actually seeing the New Years fireworks over Baku, Azerbaijan! Nikon Z9/400mm lens.
After firing a missile that damaged the Azeri plane, Russia refused its request for an emergency landing at a Russian airport
They then used electronic warfare jamming against its GPS while flying over the Caspian Sea
Why would any internatl. airline fly over Russia after this?
The Azerbaijani pilots lost all hydraulics and tried to steer with engine thrust only after having been hit by a Russian missile and forced to cross the Caspian Sea after being denied emergency landing in Russia.
They saved 29 lives while losing their own.
Absolute heroes.
Those Azerbaijani pilots almost pulled off a miracle!
russia tried to murder everyone on that plane, but the pilots are heroes! for keeping the plane flying so long and save so many of the passengers.
Thread: Russia's version of multipolarity, tested by the downing of an Azerbaijani plane. 1/9 The incident with the downed Azerbaijani flight is a stark illustration of what "multipolarity" means in the Russian worldview:
31 марта 1918 года произошло ужасное событие для азербайджанского народа в числе которых была моя бабушка и которая чудом выжила и до конца своей жизни это событие она не смогла забыть.Я до сих пор не могу забыть её судьбу. #31MarchGenocide#31march1918
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On this day in 1992, Armenia massacred hundreds of civilians in the town of Khojaly – part of Azerbaijan’s sovereign territory.
Armenian leaders deny that crime against humanity.
To honor the victims and offer closure to the survivors, the world must demand #JusticeForKhojaly
We Remember! We demand justice for innocent victims of Khojaly genocide! Justice is an important component of reconciliation. Perpetrators of Khojaly genocide are glorified as heros in Armenia based on extreme ideologies of racism, discrimination, ethnic hate. #JusticeForKhojaly
Sadagat Huseynova lost 3 children during Khojaly massacre of 1992 committed by Armenian troops against Azerbaijani civilians.
This shouldn’t be forgotten. Never.
@charliesangelaz @karabakhmemes@DrHughMore “Language of colonizers” were your exact words. My point is that it’s also the language of my compatriots, so for me it’s not a language of enemy.
@charliesangelaz @karabakhmemes@OrucBayramov11@DrHughMore Anyway it’s never a mandatory thing to speak Russian, you choose to learn it or not(equally as English, German etc) Anyway it has many advantages to learn any language rather than disadvantages like “I’m not a vassal, so I won’t learn a language of a country which colonized mine”