“The Russian Defense Ministry has repelled a drone attack on the Pskov airport,” Pskov Region Governor Mikhail Vedernikov wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
A photo posted by the Governor of Russia's Pskov Region, Mikhail Vedernikov, shows smoke and flames rising from a drone attack on an airport in the western Russian city of Pskov. Photo: Telegram/Mikhail Vedernikov
According to initial reports, he said there were no casualties in the attack. However, TASS news agency quoted emergency services as saying that four Il-76 transport planes, the mainstay of the Russian military, were damaged at the military airport.
"As a result of the drone attack, four Il-76 aircraft were damaged. A fire broke out and two aircraft caught fire," the statement said.
Video footage of the incident on Russian media showed thick black smoke rising above the airport, adding that locals heard explosions and gunfire.
Reports on Telegram channels said Russian air defense systems were activated around the Pskov Region, located near the Latvian and Estonian borders.
Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft. Photo: Wiki
In a separate development, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Wednesday that a plane from Russia's Black Sea Fleet destroyed four military speedboats carrying Ukrainian landing forces.
“At around midnight Moscow time, an aircraft of the Black Sea Fleet naval aviation destroyed four military speedboats carrying assault groups of Ukrainian special operations forces totaling 50 people in the Black Sea,” the ministry said.
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