A 19-year-old reacts to the Ukraine war: he wants to post the positions of the planes of Russian oligarchs and the Russian president on Twitter.
Florida – His profile picture on Twitter shows a mischievously smiling young man. Strictly speaking, he is still considered a boy in his home country, the USA*. Jack Sweeney is 19, a freshman student at the University of Central Florida, and he openly takes on the super-rich, according to the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in the US.
About a month ago he drew attention to himself with the Twitter account “@ElonJet”, on which he follows Elon Musk*’s private jet with the help of bots in order to determine air traffic data and always make the position of the private jet traceable. The Tesla founder reportedly paid Sweeney $5,000 to have the account deleted. But Sweeney refused.
Ukraine war: 19-year-old wants to understand flight paths of Russian oligarchs and Putin
On Sunday (02/27/22) the teenager set up another Twitter account: @RUOligarchJets. According to his own statements, he posts the positions of the jets of Russian oligarchs on this. Sweeney said he set up the account in response to requests from various people after the Ukraine conflict* escalated. Before Russian troops invaded Ukraine*, he himself would have known very little about the Russian millionaires, who are often very close and supportive of their President Vladimir Putin*.
One of these oligarchs is Roman Abramovich. His estimated net worth is $12.6 billion. According to the book “Putin’s People” by author Catherine Belton, he is said to have bought Chelsea FC on Putin’s instructions in 2003 in order to increase the influence of the president.
The young student has been following the jet of Putin’s confidante Abramovich on Twitter for a few days. Most recently, it is said to have landed in Ankara.
Roman Abramovich’s Jet LX-RAY Landed in Ankara, Ankara Province, TR. Apx. flt. time 35 Mins. pic.twitter.com/8mBVcRf47Q
— Russian Oligarch Jets (@RUOligarchJets) March 2, 2022
19-year-old warns of mistakes: A Russian oligarch has already been assigned to the wrong jet
Sweeney set up a second Twitter account called @PutinJet. There he pursues Russian planes in which Vladimir Putin could be. He also created this account when asked: “People have been asking me about Putin for a while, they wanted to know if they can track him,” Sweeney told NBC.
However, the student warns that the information could be inaccurate as little flight data is available in Russia*. The Süddeutsche Zeitung has already reported on the wrong assignment of a plane that landed in Munich. Ultimately, the machine had nothing to do with the suspected oligarch inside. (Monja Stolz) * fr.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
