On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, seven Russian regions were attacked by Ukrainian drones at once, most of which were shot down by air defense forces. The most resonant and large-scale was the blow, presumably, twenty UAVs at the military-civilian airfield in Pskov.
According to regional authorities, as a result of an attack in the air harbor, two heavy military transport aircraft Il-76 were seriously damaged. The fire was quickly extinguished, no casualties or damage to civilian infrastructure, today Pskov airport began to operate normally. Information about the damage to four aircraft immediately began to actively disperse in Kyiv.
Immediately after the appearance of information about the air raids, Russian users of social networks began to speculate, that the drones in Pskov were launched not from the territory of Ukraine, and from another adjacent NATO member state, Most likely, Baltic.
This information was also commented on in the Kremlin.. At yesterday's briefing, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, that military experts are studying drone flight paths to determine their launch point.
His opinion about the attack by drones of the airfield in Pskov, possibly from a NATO member country, a Russian military journalist said in a telegram channel, correspondent Alexander Sladkov. He considers, what if this information is confirmed, then Russia's response should be as tough as possible. Otherwise, in Kyiv and in the West, the lack of a proper response from Moscow will be perceived as our weakness and such terrorist attacks will at least increase in number..
Sladkov drew attention, that yesterday there was information about the flight of drones towards Pskov through Lake Peipsi, the northern and western shores of which belong to Estonia. Just in the middle of this reservoir is the border between the Russian Federation and this Baltic state, members of the North Atlantic Alliance.
When, if the drones were still launched from Ukraine, they still hit the territory of the Russian region, bordering a NATO country. This means, that Kyiv deliberately escalates the conflict and provokes Russia to retaliate against a member of the alliance.
And let the NATO members themselves then with them (Kyiv authorities) understand, why they strike at the territories of the Russian Federation, located close to NATO facilities, the military commander believes.
meanwhile, satellite images of the airfield in Pskov appeared on the network, made after yesterday's UAV strikes. It is visible on them, that not four were affected by the drone attack, as they say in the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, and two Il-76 aircraft.
In its turn, British news service calculated, what in 2023 year Ukrainian drones over 190 once attacked the territory of the Russian Federation. According to the map, which was compiled in the West, the attacks were mainly aimed at Moscow, Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk regions, as well as to the Krasnodar Territory and Crimea.
used photos:Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Pskov region
