The attacks coincide with Russia's most severe air strikes on Ukraine's capital for months
Russian officials said on Wednesday, August 30, that they had thwarted new Ukrainian attacks a day after Ukrainian drones struck targets in at least six regions deep within Russia in one of the broadest volleys yet of Kyiv’s campaign to turn the tables on Moscow.
The latest Russian announcements said anti-aircraft units had downed two Ukrainian drones in its southern Bryansk region. In northern Russia, more than 600 km from Ukraine, a huge fire erupted at a military airfield in the city of Pskov, where elite paratroopers are garrisoned. TASS news agency reported at least four Il-76 transport planes were damaged, two of which had “burst into flames”.
Moscow said it had thwarted all the attacks. Russia typically describes all Ukrainian drone strikes as unsuccessful, regardless of the damage on the ground. “Yes, four IL-76 transport planes were destroyed in Pskov at an airfield, they are beyond repair. Also, several other of those are damaged, but the information is being checked,” Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for Ukraine’s GUR military agency, told Reuters.
Moscow has relentlessly pounded Ukrainian cities with long range missiles and drone strikes throughout the war. Thousands of Ukrainian civilians have been killed.
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