May 2, 2024

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Attack on Pskov airport: not from Latvia and not from Ukraine (video)


Kirill Budanov, head of Ukrainian intelligence at the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, said the airfield in Pskov was attacked from Russian territory.

IN interview The War Zone project, refusing to give any details, he said:

“We are operating from Russian territory. Two (Russian Il-76 aircraft) were destroyed and two seriously damaged.”

The publication received images from a drone with an infrared camera from the GUR, confirming this statement.

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The blow was applied to the upper part of the aircraft, where the fuel tanks are located. Apparently, the planes completely burned out from the ignition of the fuel. “The video from which we got the frame looks like a drone dropped one of the bombs,” the publication suggests. In this case, the drone was really launched somewhere near the airfield, the journalists say.

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Budanov did not disclose who carried out the attack – saboteurs or Ukrainian intelligence officers. In Russia, meanwhile, the version continues to be voiced that the airfield in Pskov was attacked by drones launched from the territory of the Baltic countries.

On the night of August 30, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out the largest drone attack on the territories of Russia – it was seven regions attacked. The airfield near Pskov came under attack, as a result of which the Il-76 military transport aircraft caught fire.

in Bryansk drones or their fragments ended up in the largest Russian microelectronics plant Silicon EL. As a result, a fire started in shop No. 20. In the Kaluga region the drone hit an oil reservoir, the governor confirmed. The fire, according to him, was eliminated. The reservoir was empty, officials insist. Explosions were also reported by residents Tula. Eyewitnesses posted a video showing the fire. Note that the distance to this Russian city from the border with Ukraine is about 700 km.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7WkP9vPDbc



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