Ukraine war: Russian internal drone strike on Pskov airbase

The chief of Ukraine’s military intelligence said that the drone attack on an airbase in the Russian city of Pskov was done from inside Russia.

Kyrylo Budanov said that two Ilyushin cargo planes were broken and two were harmed. Russia says four things were broken.

Mr Budanov did not indicate if the attack was done by people from Ukraine or Russia.

Ukraine’s drones attack Russia nearly every day. It had already accepted responsibility for the Pskov attack.

However, Budanov’s remarks suggest that the cause of the incident was not a long-range weapon.

On Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that a weapon made in Ukraine successfully hit a target 700km away. Pskov is quite far away from the Ukrainian border, about 700km (434 miles) apart.

“We are operating from Russia,” Mr. Budanov said on Thursday to the War Zone website, but he did not mention the specific type or amount of drones used.

He said the drones attacked the parts of the aircraft that hold the fuel and an important part of the wing.

The broken planes are big cargo planes that can carry soldiers and equipment over long distances. These planes are very important in war for Russia.

According to BBC reporter Paul Adams, Ukrainian officials usually don’t talk much about attacks that happen in Russia. However, it seems that as the campaign continues to develop, officials in Kyiv are becoming more willing to say that these things are part of Ukraine’s war efforts.
Last night, drones attacked different places in Russia and the attacks are still ongoing.

There are reports that a factory near Moscow was hit. This factory makes electronic parts for rockets. However, these reports have not been confirmed yet.

But, according to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, the drones that were flying over Lyubertsy were brought down without causing any harm or injuries.

Like past attacks in Moscow, several flights from Moscow airports were postponed or canceled on Friday morning.

The Governor of Kursk Region, Roman Starovoyt, said that two buildings were damaged in the town of Kurchatov, near the Kursk nuclear plant.

Ukraine is still pushing back against Russia’s occupation of its land.

The Institute for the Study of War said that progress was made near Bakhmut in the east, and in the west of Zaporizhzhia region.