UAV attack on Pskov: Intelligence confirmed the destruction of four IL-76 (video)

After a series of explosions at a strategic object, all air traffic at the Pskov International Airport was canceled. The cost of one IL-76, depending on the modification, can be 5 billion rubles. The representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR) Andriy Yusov stated that four military transport aircraft IL-76 were destroyed at the airfield in the Russian PSKO. He stated this on August 30 in a comment for LIGA.

NET at the same time also reported damage to the strategic bomber of the TU-22, but did not report such information. In Russia, four IL-76 military transport aircraft were damaged as a result of an attack of unmanned aerial vehicles on the Pskov airfield, which is 700 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. About it reports the Russian Agency "Tars". "Four Il-76 aircraft were damaged. There was a fire that covered two of them," Tarsh Tax reports, citing a source in the Russian Defense Ministry.

Judging by the videos published by the local residents of Pskov, fuel and lubricants could also fire at the airport, and secondary detonation was observed. According to the Ministry of Emergencies in the Pskov region, 21 units of equipment were involved in the Pskov region, to combat the effects of the IL-76 military transport aircraft. According to Radio Sputnik, all air traffic at the Pskov International Airport was canceled on August 30 before the possible damage to the runway.

According to open sources, the cost of one IL-76, depending on the modification, can reach up to 5 billion rubles, which is equivalent to about $ 40 million. It is worth noting that under the Pskov there is a 76th Guards Airborne Assault Division of the Russian Army, which participates in the animal killings of Ukrainians in Bucha. Currently, units of the 76th Division of the Air Force have also been transferred to the Zaporozhye region to restrain the Ukrainian counter-offensive.