Drones Target Western Russian City Near Estonia Border
Russian authorities say they repelled a drone attack on an airport in Pskov | Russian authorities said early Wednesday morning that drones targeted an airport in Pskov, a Russian city about 20 miles from NATO member Estonia’s border that’s over 400 miles from Ukraine. ● Mikhail Vedernikov, governor of the Pskov Oblast, wrote on Telegram that the Russian Defense Ministry was “repelling” a drone attack on the Pskov airport. He also said there were no casualties in the attack, based on “preliminary information.” ● According to Russia’s TASS news agency, emergency services said four Il-76 transport planes were damaged in the attack. “As a result of the drone attack, four Il-76 aircraft were damaged. A fire broke out, and two planes burst into flames,” TASS reported. ● According to RT, the Russian Defense Ministry also reported drone attacks in the Bryansk Oblast, which borders Ukraine, and the Oryol Oblast, east of Bryansk. ● Over the past month, Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russia have significantly escalated. On Sunday, The Washington Post reported that US officials expect the operations to increase even more. ● While the US claims it does not “enable or encourage” Ukrainian attacks inside Russia, The Economist reported Sunday that the Ukrainian drone attacks use intelligence gathered by Kyiv’s Western backers.
■ Russian Air Field in Pskov Hit By Drones - Reports CLAIM Launched from Estonia (NATO) | Analysis: The reality here is simple: Pskov is too far for drones to travel from Ukraine. They had to come from a lot closer. Russia knows where those drones came from, and if they came from Estonia, NATO has a very big problem.