A video released from Russian MOD shows the Antonov An-225 intact in her hangar during the first assault. The video shows the assault of Gostomel Airport by Russian paratroopers on on February 24, 2022. The Antonov Mriya has been destroyed few days later.
The Russian airstrikes on a military base near the northwestern city of Lviv come as Russian forces have been expanding their offensive in Ukraine to the west. Russia launched an air strike on a Ukrainian military base Yavoriv in the west of the country near the Polish border, local officials said on Sunday, in what…
Hungarian fighter jets were scrambled twice on Friday after suspected violations of the NATO country’s airspace by an unidentified object, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said. The fighters found nothing after roaming the north-eastern area of the country, near war-torn Ukraine, where radars had signaled the unidentified object, Szijjarto said in a video on Meta’s Facebook…
Western sanctions against Russia could cause the International Space Station to crash, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos warned Saturday, calling for the punitive measures to be lifted. According to Dmitry Rogozin, the sanctions, some of which predate Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, could disrupt the operation of Russian spacecraft servicing the ISS. As a…
A large military drone has crashed near Croatian capital Zagreb. A large military drone crashed on the outskirts of the Croatian capital Zagreb on Thursday night, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković confirmed. UPDATE Explosive traces and bomb parts were found in the crater where it crashed, Croatian Defense Minister Mario Banozic said. If it had hit…
Air Serbia #JU652 inbound Russia quickly returned to Belgrade. The crew was informed of a bomb threat and immediately turned around and returned to Belgrade. The Airbus A330 (reg. YU-ARB) was performing flight #JU652 from Belgrade to Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport. Please reload for updates… UPDATE There were a total of 209 passengers and crew…
India accidentally fired missile into Pakistan after ‘technical malfunction’ defence ministry admitted. Pakistan Thursday claimed an unarmed Indian supersonic missile took off from Sirsa and landed at a place 124 km within Pakistani territory on Wednesday evening. The missile, it said, was cruising at an altitude of 40,000 feet and endangered passenger flights in both…
An 80-year-old pilot from Germany drew a giant dove in the sky. An 80-year-old man from Brandenburg thought bigger and painted a peace dove on the sky. The pilot took off from Eggersdorf Airport, near Berlin using its small aircraft (reg.D-MUPY) for a 2-hour flight. It is not the first work of the artistic pilot. The…
Two airbases have been hit by strikes this morning, in West of Ukraine. Russian strikes hit near airports Friday in the western Ukrainian cities of Ivano-Frankiivsk and Lutsk, far from Russia’s main offensive, possibly indicating a new direction in the war. Ivano-Frankiivsk The mayor of Ivano-Frankiivsk, Ruslan Martsinkiv, ordered residents in neighboring areas to head…
U.S Intelligence director Scott Berrier says no-fly zone will not protect Ukraine According to Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, most Russian attacks come from the land, not the air. A no-fly zone would not protect “against inhibit missles, rockets, and artillery.” DIA director Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier says he underestimated the Ukrainians’ will to fight. “That…
The Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Directorate reports that parachutes of ejected Russian military pilots cannot open after ejection. A Russian Su-25 plane was shot down by the Ukrainian air defense system. The pilot ejected, but died as his parachute did not open after the ejection. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said a detailed study of…
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport has temporarily closed its Terminal D. The state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported this decision is due to the “situation in the aviation industry,” Several Russian airlines including Aeroflot have halted all international flights after the European Union, Britain, the U.S. and Canada banned Russian planes from their airspace due to Moscow’s…