The Russian city of Pskov, near the territory of NATO members Estonia and Latvia, has come under attack by a swarm of drones in the early hours of Wednesday. The regional governor confirmed the raid, while videos showing an explosion and air defenses lighting up the night sky made rounds on social media.
The Russian military is “repelling a drone attack” on the Pskov airport, regional head Mikhail Vedernikov confirmed on Telegram, adding he was on site “since the start of the incident.”
“Initial information says there were no casualties. We’re working to assess property damage,”Vedernikov added.
Russian authorities have briefly closed the airspace in the region, while the Pskov airport cancelled all flights on August 30 to assess potential damage to the runway.
Emergency services told TASS that four Il-76 transport planes were damaged on the ground, but the military has yet to confirm these reports.
According to several Russian Telegram channels, over a dozen drones have targeted the Pskov airport and the air defenses were engaging additional UAVs. Social media footage showed what looked like an explosion, accompanied by the sound of small arms fire.
Pskov is about 700 kilometers north of Ukraine, but only 30 kilometers from the Estonian border. Latvia is about 60 kilometers southwest. Both are NATO member states. To reach the city, drones launched from Ukraine would have to fly over eastern Belarus.
Russian Air Field in Pskov Hit By Drones - Reports CLAIM Launched from Estonia (NATO)
Reports are flooding-in saying a Russian air field in Pskov, shown on map above, has been hit by a Drone attack. Initial - UNCONFIRMED - reports CLAIM Drones originated in Estonia (i.e. NATO Country).
Numerous explosions, fires, and secondary explosions can be seen and heard from the Pskov air field.
Several Tele sources reporting that the drones came from the Estonian/Latvia border area, only about 25 miles away.
Initial reports say four (4) IL-76 aircraft damaged and it looks like a fuel depot was hit and is burning as well.
Sources say 20 drones came in for the attack altogether, some managed to get thru the Air defenses.
No casualties reported, yet.
Airports all across Western Russian from Pskov in the North to Bryansk in the South, are currently Closed due to what appears to be a Major Ukrainian Drone Attack which is still underway.
The reality here is simple: Pskov is too far for drones to travel from Ukraine. They had to come from a lot closer.
Russia knows where those drones came from, and if they came from Estonia, NATO has a very big problem.
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