A wave of bewilderment and anger swept through Russian military bloggers after 20 drones flew into the airport in the northeastern Russian city of Pskov last night and set off a veritable fireworks display of munitions and aircraft explosions.

The Russians themselves announced that 4 Il-76 military transport aircraft were damaged as a result of the drone attack.

In addition, huge clouds of black smoke rose over the airport, and ammunition explosions continued for hours.

Russian military officials are at a loss as to how the men of Major General Kyrylo Budanov, the mythical head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence under the Ministry of Defense in Kiev, organized such an operation.

Such a reaction is completely logical considering that the shortest distance from Ukrainian territory to Pskov airport is 664 kilometers.

If this route was used, however, the drones must have entered and exited unnoticed through the territory of Belarus.

Another hypothesis is that the drones took an extended route entirely through Russian territory, passing over Smolensk, which would extend the flight over 700 kilometers. This does not speak well for the Russian air defense capabilities.

The Telegram channel „The Two Majors“ also launched two more exotic versions. According to one of them, the attack could have come from the territory of a NATO country. Near Pskov are Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

„We don’t think at all about the last possibility – here, in Russia, that so many Ukrainian landing-reconnaissance groups are operating that can launch such a quantity of drones at the same time,“ the military commanders are angry.

Moscow responded to the „brazen action“ with a massive attack on Kiev, using drones and missiles.

„A night air attack. Kiev has not experienced such a powerful attack since the spring. The enemy carried out a massive, combined attack using drones and missiles,“ the military administration in the Ukrainian capital said.

It is noted that the invaders first used Shahed attack drones. Several groups of such drones flew in from different directions. Soon, however, rockets launched by Tu-95MS strategic bombers also flew towards the capital.

„In general, the air defense forces and means destroyed more than 20 enemy targets. In the capital, falling debris was registered in several districts. Unfortunately, there were also casualties. In the Shevchenko district, fragments of rockets killed two people, another was injured. Also thus, as a result of the fall of the debris, destruction and fires were caused in the Shevchenkivski and Darnitski districts,“ added the administration.

It is indicated that in both areas, debris fell on areas of non-residential buildings. Squads of the state emergency services extinguished the fires that occurred at the crash site.

Материалът A wave of bewilderment in Russia after the attacks on the airport in Pskov е публикуван за пръв път на Vihrogon.bg.

Yes, the news is true.

Surprisingly, several sites on the Internet announced that the NATO Secretary General is in Kiev.
The information was first reported by agenzianova.com.

But isn’t it fake news?

The message is very short:

„The NATO secretary general has arrived in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. This was reported by several Ukrainian media, according to which Stoltenberg paid his respects to the fallen in St. Michael’s Square in the center of Kiev. The Secretary General’s visit was not announced.“

Can it be believed?

There is no official information yet.
A check of the Dark Red Owl on the official NATO website shows that there is no such information at this time.

The last post is from yesterday – April 19.

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg receives the new President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

There is no message about the visit to Kiev.

It is possible that the visit was kept secret and could be announced at any moment.

What do we know about Agenzia Nova, which circulated the news.

It was announced as a Daily news agency. Registration with the Court of Rome n. 17/2010 of 19.1.2010
Responsible director Riccardo Bormioli. Editorial office Via Parigi 11, 00185 Rome.

The site is new since 2020.

It has a clear address and is probably responsible for the news it publishes.

A little while ago, the central news agency of Ukraine, UNIAN, confirmed that the NATO Secretary General is in Kiev.

This morning, the general secretary of the memorial paid tribute to the fallen Ukrainian soldiers on Mykhailo Square in the center of Kyiv, reports The Kyiv Independent. It should be noted that Stoltenberg attended this event only with security and an honor guard of the Ukrainian military.

A photo was also published, which you can see here – https://www.unian.net/politics/gensek-nato-stoltenberg-pribyl-s-neanonsirovannym-vizitom-v-kiev-novosti-kieva-12226119.html

Материалът True or fake? NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is in Kyiv е публикуван за пръв път на Vihrogon.bg.