Russian forces may have focused their air defenses on Moscow, missing a drone attack on a base in western Russia in which the plane was reportedly destroyed.
, on Thursday, saying that they show"one of the Russian Il-76 aircraft destroyed at Pskov Air Base by Ukrainian drones earlier this week."four Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft
stationed at an airfield in the western city of Pskov, near to Russia's border with Estonia, Latvia and Belarus. The airfield is some 400 miles from the Ukrainian border. Ilyushin Il-76 planes fly over Moscow on May 7, 2021. New satellite images show a Russian Il-76 aircraft that was obliterated in a drone attack earlier this week.GUR representative Andriy Yusov said the drone strike likely damaged two other planes but didn't claim responsibility, in line with Kyiv's policy of distancing itself from attacks on Russian soil.
Africk posted two satellite images of an Il-76 aircraft from global imaging company, Planet Labs, one dated August 16, before the drone attack, and one dated August 31, after the aircraft had been struck. It shows the charred remains of the jet.One of the Russian Il-76 aircraft destroyed at Pskov Air Base by Ukrainian drones earlier this week.
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