Ukrainian Defense Ministry Official Reveals Details of Drone Attack on Russian Military Airport

2023-09-01 14:40:08
2023-09-01 22:40 United Daily News compiled by Zhou Chenyang/Real-time report The head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Intelligence Directorate Budanov said on the 31st that the military aircraft that attacked Norskiv in northwestern Russia a few days ago…

Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense’s General Intelligence Service (GUR), said that the drone that attacked the military airport in the city of Pskov in northwestern Russia on August 29 was launched from Russian territory.

BBC reported that Budanov told the military news website “Warzone” on August 31 that “we are working in Russia”, but he did not explain what type of drones or the number were used, nor did he disclose the attack. Whether the operation was carried out by Ukrainian or Russian agents.

The report pointed out that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed on the same day that a Ukrainian-made weapon hit a target 700 kilometers away, and the city of Severskow is also nearly 700 kilometers away from the Ukrainian border, but Budanov’s interview The content seems to put an end to the outside world’s speculation that Ukraine used long-range weapons to carry out this attack.

The Russian side previously stated that four IL-76 transport aircraft were damaged in the attack on the military airport in North Skoff, while Budanov said that two were destroyed and the other two were damaged. He also said that the drone’s target was the top of the transport plane, which is the key part of the fuel tank position and the wing spar.

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