UAV event in Murmansk, Olenya area, Russian Federation on Wed 11th September 2024

11th September 2024

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‼️🇷🇺🏴‍☠️An enemy attack on a strategic aviation base in the Murmansk region has been repelled
▪️3 UAVs have been shot down in the region, Governor Chibis reported.
▪️Long-range drones based on A-22 Foxbat light aircraft were flying to the Olenya strategic aviation base, where the Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers of the Russian Aerospace Forces are stationed.
▪️During the repelling of the attack, the Khibiny airport near Apatity was temporarily closed. The Internet writes that the route of one of the UAVs ran along the Russian-Finnish and Russian-Norwegian borders to complicate interception by air defense forces due to the risk of hitting targets in Finland and Norway.
-RVvoenkor

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