Take-off of 8 Tu-95MS aircraft from "Olenya" airfield spotted, threat of missile strikes - Ukrainian Air Force (updated)
Activity of 6 Tu-95MS aircraft from "Olenya" airfield, flying in a south-eastern direction, was observed.
According to Censor.NET, this was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"In case of a missile threat, we will inform you additionally," the military said.
Later, the Air Force said that 8 Tu-95MS strategic bombers were in the air
According to the monitoring channels, the missiles will be in Volgograd region at around 07:10 - 07:45 if they are launched from here - the missiles are expected to be in Ukrainian airspace by 07:40 - 08:25.
The planes will be in the Caspian Sea area at around 07:50 - 08:20, if the launches are from here, the missiles are expected to be closer to 08:30 - 09:00.
Updated
As of 8:30 a.m., according to monitoring channels, 5 Tu-95MS aircraft conducted launch manoeuvres in the Caspian Sea region. In addition, additional launches of cruise missiles of the Kh-101/55SM type were recorded from Tu-95MS strategic aircraft of the Russian Federation from the area of Astrakhan, Russia.
As a reminder, on the morning of 11 November, Tu-95 and MiG-31K bombers were spotted taking off in Russia. An air raid alert was announced throughout Ukraine, but it later turned out that the enemy aircraft were imitating missile launches.
