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 (Feb 15). 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...
A missile trace is seen in a sky, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near Kyiv, Ukraine on Feb 15, 2023.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 .
“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, which invaded Ukraine in February last year, could be using balloons in a new drive to preserve its stocks of reconnaissance drones.
He confirmed that air raid sirens had blared in the capital on Wednesday because of balloons flying overhead. “The enemy wants us to use our air defences, which protect our strategic objects, on these balloons, which cost nothing.”[embed]https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1625925123671719944[/embed]Ukraine’s southwestern neighbour Moldova, which has reported Russian missile intrusions into its airspace several times in recent months, also reported an unidentified Russian object over its territory.
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