Lyudmila Zhernovskaya23:58, 06/21/24

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Kamikaze drones have also been spotted in the sky.

At night , TU-95MS strategic missile-carrying bombers took off from the Russian Olenya airbase (Kola Peninsula) .

The Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in its official Telegram channel . “Attention! The takeoff of 4 TU-95MS aircraft from the Olenya airbase was recorded. We do not ignore the alarm!” – the military warned.

Now an air alert has been declared throughout Ukraine, this is due to the takeoff of the MiG-31K long-range supersonic fighter-interceptor, which carries the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal supersonic missile.

In addition, in a number of areas there is a threat of the use of Russian Shahed-type drones. They are recorded in the Kherson, Nikolaev and Odessa regions. One of the groups flies in the direction of Vinnitsa, the other – in the direction of the Kirovograd region.

Updated at 00:05 : The MiG-31K threat has been cleared.

When can missiles reach Ukraine?

The Telegram channel “ Nikolaevsky Vanek ” at 23:32 reported the takeoff of at least two Tu-95MS aircraft. He published a very approximate time for missiles to enter the country’s airspace if the occupiers carried out shelling.

According to him, the aircraft may arrive in the Engels area around 02:00-03:00, then the missiles should be expected at 02:30-03:30. If the launches are from the Caspian Sea, they will reach the borders around 03:30-04:30. In this case, the missiles can enter the skies of Ukraine at 04:20-05:20.

After 10 minutes, he reported that a total of four aircraft had taken off, all of them flying to the launch pads on a southeast course.

(C)UNIAN 2024