Russia's notoriously harsh winters often leave her many rivers blocked with ice until the spring thaw. This winter an ice dam formed along the Sukhona River. According to RT, the dam caused the river to overflow its banks, endangering 4,500 people living nearby.

Moscow's solution: bomb the ice.

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Two Su-34 "Fullback" tactical bombers flew from the Russian Air Force's Vornezh Malshevo Air Base and were ordered to bomb the dam "every hour" to get the river flowing again. The Su-34 tactical bomber is Russia's most advanced strike aircraft and recently flew air strikes in Syria.

Believe it or not, bombing frozen rivers from the sky is actually a thing. China has repeatedly used its H-6 bombers to unblock the Yellow River, most recently in 2014. Here's a video:

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Via The Aviationist

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