NASA satellite data confirms fire after reports of attack on military airfield near Lipetsk
Kyiv • UNN
NASA's FIRMS satellite data captured the fire after reports of an attack on a military airfield near Lipetsk. Witnesses report explosions and secondary detonations.
NASA satellite data shows a fire after reports of an attack on a military airfield near Lipetsk, thus confirming it, the Russian service of Radio Liberty reports, UNN writes.
Details
"The fire in the area of the airfield was detected by NASA FIRMS satellites, which track fires on the Earth's surface," the statement said.
According to the publication, it follows that "the Lipetsk Aviation Center, a structural unit of the Russian Armed Forces that retrains flight and engineering personnel of combat units, as well as develops and implements methods of combat use of aviation systems, was hit.
Russian sources, according to the Russian service of Radio Liberty, claim that all the planes at the airfield were allegedly "saved". "Eyewitness video shows repeated explosions and sounds of secondary detonation, possibly a strike on an ammunition depot," the publication points out.
Addendum
Earlier, the regional office of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that a fire broke out at a military airfield near Lipetsk after a drone attack. "Fire at military airfield number three," the report said.
According to the Astra telegram channel, an ammunition depot at the airfield may have caught fire after the drone attack.
