Ukraine Shoots Down Second Highly Advanced Russian A-50 Spy Plane

[Igel]

8. In the US, perhaps.

Because Congress.

Russian generals don't like to see that kind of thing happen because Putin might do a bad on them and it constrains them in what they can use. They don't care about the money, they care about not doing good enough or avoiding bad things sufficiently so as to avoid sudden death syndrome by window.