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At Least Two, Maybe Four, IL-76 Transport Aircraft Destroyed in Drone Attack at Pskov Airbase- Suchomimus
2023-08-30
From the V Kontakte page of Military Informant

Link in the title goes to a Youtube video of the attack.


❗🇷🇺💥🇺🇦 Four Il-76 aircraft were damaged in Pskov after a drone attack at a military airfield, emergency services reported.

- In Moscow, Tula, Lipetsk, Orel and Kaluga regions, as well as parts of the Moscow region, airports are closed due to the threat of UAVs.

Military Informant
Posted by:DarthVader

#5  Bober (Beaver) drone range: 800+ km (reported 1000km)
Posted by: Enver Slager8035   2023-08-30 11:54  

#4  It's a shame about all these drone strikes on safe locations outside of drone range from Ukraine.
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-08-30 10:31  

#3  The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations admitted that two Il-76 military transport aircraft caught fire in Pskov.

But… updated data circulating in Russian media suggest that 6 (!) aircraft have been damaged/destroyed. Among them is reportedly also one Tu-22 bomber.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035   2023-08-30 09:09  

#2  Putin suffers his worst night of bombardment since invading Ukraine: Zelensky's drones blast four military transport planes and six Russian regions are hit - but Kyiv also suffers 'massive' missile attack
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-08-30 07:51  

#1  
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-08-30 07:29  

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