Pskov airport hit by drone attack according to local authorities – RT in French

Pskov airport in northwestern Russia was targeted by a Ukrainian drone attack, regional governor Mikhail Vedernikov announced.

“The Ministry of Defense repels a drone attack at Pskov airport,” regional governor Mikhail Vedernikov said at 11:30 p.m. on the night of August 29, in a message on Telegram accompanied by a video of the fire, where we hear sirens and explosions.

“According to initial information, there are no casualties. The extent of the destruction is being established,” he said. According to Russian media Rybar quoting the emergency services, four Il-76 heavy cargo planes were damaged in the attack.

Pskov is located in the northwest of Russia, not far from Estonia, and 664km in direct line from the Ukrainian border.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has also reported that between midnight and 4:00 a.m. it shot down five drones in the regions of Oryol, Kaluga, Ryazan and Moscow.

Drone attacks in the direction of Moscow or the Crimean peninsula have gradually become almost daily since Ukraine launched a counter-offensive in early June, which is struggling on the ground.

The Russian military also reported on Telegram that a navy plane had, around midnight in the Black Sea, “destroyed four fast military ships (carrying) landing groups of Ukrainian special operations forces (count) at the total up to 50 people.

Another Ukrainian high-speed vessel was neutralized east of Snake Island in the Black Sea by a Su-30 aircraft, the same source said on August 30 around 11:00 a.m.

Night attack on kyiv

On the Ukrainian side, a “night air attack” on Kiev, the “strongest since the spring”, was also reported on Telegram by Sergei Popko, the head of the military administration of the capital, claiming to have destroyed “20 enemy targets” .