It said the balloons may have been carrying corner reflectors and reconnaissance equipment. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KYIV - Six Russian balloons were spotted over Kyiv and most were shot down after being engaged by air defences, the Ukrainian capital’s military administration said on Wednesday.
It said the balloons may have been carrying corner reflectors and reconnaissance equipment, but did not specify when they flew over the capital, although air alerts were issued in Kyiv on Wednesday. “According to information that is now being clarified, these were balloons that move in the air under the propulsion of wind,” the military administration wrote, on the Telegram messaging app.Shortly before the announcement, Ukrainian air force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat said Russia,in February last year, could be using balloons in a new drive to preserve its stocks of reconnaissance drones.
“Reconnaissance drones like the Orlan-10 are now being used more sparingly , and they thought, ‘Why don’t we use these balloons?‘ So they are using them,” Mr Ihnat told Ukrainian television. He later confirmed that air raid sirens had blared in the capital on Wednesday because of balloons flying overhead.
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