Strategic bombers take off in Russia, there is attack threat – Air Force
The Ukrainian Air Force has reported the threat of a missile strike, as four Tu-95MS strategic bombers took off from Russia.
Source: Air Force of Ukraine on Telegram
Quote from Air Force: "The four Tu-95MS strategic bombers that took off from Olenya airfield (Murmansk Oblast, Russia) continue to fly southeast, presumably to the Caspian Sea.
The estimated time for the aircraft to reach the cruise missile launch point is 22:30."
Details: The Air Force stressed that it would provide further information if there were a missile threat or cruise missile launches and urged residents not to ignore air-raid warnings.
Update: Shortly after, the Air Force reported a threat of ballistic missile use in Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk oblasts. An air-raid warning has now been issued in the east of Ukraine.
Background:
- The Air Force shared a similar message on 26 July. A few hours later, the Ukrainian Air Force reported the launch of cruise missiles from 12 Russian Tu-95MS bombers.
- Later, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said that air defence systems had shot down Russian cruise missiles over Kyiv and Kharkiv oblasts, as well as over the city of Dnipro.
- In total, on 26 July, the air defence forces destroyed 36 cruise missiles fired from the territory of the Russian Federation in the skies over Ukraine.
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