Drones Attack Pskov Airport, Russia

  Mikhail Vedernikov, the Governor of Pskov announced that there was a suicide drone attack on the Pskov city airport. Over the past few weeks, Ukraine has been carrying out drone attacks on Russian territory, most of which have been destroyed by the country's air defense systems. Mikhail Vedernikov, Governor of Pskov said Wednesday (30/8/2023) "The airport that was attacked by this drone is located in the northwestern city of Pskov, and not far from Estonia,". "Russian army air defense forces successfully repelled drone attacks on this airport," said Vedernikov.

"This attack caused no casualties and the amount of damage is currently being investigated," he said. More detailed information about the drone strike will be provided after a meeting of the crisis center, which will be chaired by the governor of Pskov. In this regard, the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement regarding drone attacks on Russian territory on Wednesday morning and announced that the Russian Air Defense successfully repelled the drone attacks. The war in Ukraine, with all its political, military, economic, social and even cultural consequences, has entered its 18th month, and Western countries are still sending weapons to Ukraine which has caused the conflict to continue to flare up in this country.(PH)