Thursday, August 31, 2023

Ukrainian Drone Attack on Remote Russian Airfield


Three hours ago, the Chinese news center 腾讯 quoted Russian, Ukrainian and Western reports about Ukrainian drones having attacked a remote Russian military airfield on August 30.

卫星照片曝光,至少2架伊尔-76受损!俄媒称乌军已在地面炸毁24架战机

Satellite photos exposed that at least 2 Il-76s were damaged ! Russian media said the Ukrainian army has blown up 24 war planes on the ground.

美国遥感卫星数据公司星球实验室(Planet Labs)发布了遭无人机袭击后的俄罗斯普斯科夫机场卫星照片,在卫星照片上能明显看到两架伊尔-76运输机受损,从受损位置推测无人机试图攻击伊尔-76运输机的油箱部分,在其中一架伊尔-76运输机附近,还有两辆疑似消防车的红色汽车。

Planet Labs, a US remote sensing satellite data company, released satellite photos of Pskov airport in Russia after the drone attack. On the satellite photos two damaged Il-76 transport aircraft can clearly be seen. From the damaged position it is speculated that the drones tried to attack the fuel tank part of the Il-76 transport aircraft. Near one of the Il-76 transport aircraft, there are two red cars suspected as fire engines.


Editor's Note: Russia's Pskov airfield (普斯科夫机场) is situated north of Belarus, near the border to the Baltic states Estland and Lettland. That means it is more difficult to reach than most other military airfields in Western Russia.



需要说明的是,由于当地云层太厚,卫星并未拍到普斯科夫机场的整体照片。稍早一些,乌克兰军情总局(GUR)宣称,在对普斯科夫机场的发起的自杀式无人机袭击中,乌克兰军队摧毁了4架伊尔-76运输机,机场的加油设施也受到了攻击。俄罗斯方面否认了这些说法,并称没有任何人员和物质损失。

It should be noted that due to the thick local clouds, the satellite did not take an overall photo of Pskov airfield. Earlier, the Main Intelligence Service of Ukraine (GUR) announced that Ukrainian forces destroyed four Il-76 transport planes in a suicide drone attack on Pskov airfield. The airport's refueling facilities were attacked, as well. The Russian side denied such claims and said there were no human and material losses.


在分析了俄罗斯国防部、媒体和开源情报机构的报告后,俄罗斯媒体Verstka称自去年开战后,截至目前,乌克兰军队对俄罗斯、克里米亚和白俄罗斯的空军基地发起了至少9次袭击,在这些袭击中,至少有24架飞机被损坏。

After analyzing reports from the Russian Ministry of Defense, media and open-source intelligence agencies, Russian media outlet Verstka said that since the start of war last year, the Ukrainian army has launched at least nine attacks on air bases in Russia, Crimea and Belarus so far, in which at least 24 aircraft have been damaged.



Map of Russian military airfields attacked and aircraft damaged (number/type) by
Ukrainian suicide drone attacks since the beginning of war (2022 - August 2023).


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