A video shot by Ukrainian military intelligence shows the moment a Russian military plane was destroyed by a drone attack.
The video was originally published on the Telegram account of a Ukrainian YouTuber and confirmed by Sky News.
⚡️ The moment of impact on the Il-76 aircraft in #Pskov
The head of military intelligence of Ukraine, Budanov, said that drones attacked the Pskov airfield from the territory of the Russian Federation. According to him, two planes were destroyed and two seriously… pic.twitter.com/Db18aPcljN
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) September 1, 2023
The two logos in the footage represent the Intelligence Service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, also known as GUR, and Serhiy Sternenko, a YouTuber.
Earlier today, the GUR announced that the attack on the Pskov air base was carried out from Russia.
The video also matches the shape of the damaged plane’s hangar shown in satellite images.
The attack on the Pskov airfield was carried out from the territory of the Russian Federation – General Budanov in an interview with War Zone. He added that two Russian Il-76 aircraft were destroyed and two were seriously damaged.
Image from a drone equipped with an infrared camera… pic.twitter.com/hvbbMxgorn
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) September 1, 2023
Ukraine admitted for the first time on Friday that it launched a drone attack on a Russian airport this week from Russian territory, as Kyiv seeks to shift hostilities to Russia amid a counteroffensive to liberate the occupied territories, AFP reported.
During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, Ukrainian drones fired at the airport of Pskov, a Russian city located near the border with Estonia, Latvia and Belarus, almost 700 kilometers from Ukraine.
“The drones that were used to attack the Kresty air base in Pskov were launched from the territory of Russia,” assured the head of military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov.
This is the first time that Kyiv has admitted that it is operating on the territory of Russia, where there have been not only numerous drone strikes, but also alleged sabotage, in addition to armed incursions.
“We are operating from the territory of Russia,” Budanov emphasized in an interview with The War Zone website.
For its part, the Kremlin refused to comment on this statement.
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Source: Hot News
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