Russian Tver attacked by drones: powerful explosions were heard near a military airfield

Drones Attack Russian Tver: Powerful Explosions Heard Near Military Airfield Anzhelika Baibak

UAVs attacked Tver/Collage Channel 24

The night of September 3 turned out to be quite alarming for Russians. Thus, at night, powerful explosions were heard in Tver, where drones allegedly attacked the military airfield “Migalovo”.

Local Telegram channels write about this. Officially, the Russian authorities have not yet commented on what happened in Tver, reports 24 Channel.

Russians Report Attack on Airfield

On the night of September 2-3, powerful explosions were heard in the Russian city of Tver. Local Telegram channels reported that the city was being attacked by drones, but air defense forces were trying to shoot them down.

According to reports online, the drones allegedly attacked the Migalovo military airfield. Local Telegram channels actively discussed how the Russian military tried to shoot down the drones with either machine guns or automatic weapons.

A lot of videos were also published online that showed Russians trying to shoot down UAVs. However, the published footage does not show the moment the drones were shot down.

How the occupiers tried to shoot down a drone: watch the video

The network adds that they tried to shoot down the drones in the Proletarsky district of Tver. In particular, they tried to land a drone near the Migalovo military unit.

They tried to shoot down drones with machine guns in Tver: watch the video

Russians show air defense in action: watch the video

It is known that “Migalovo”, which the drones tried to attack, is a joint-use airfield on the outskirts of Tver, near the Migalovo microdistrict. According to information from open sources, as of 2014, the 12th military transport aviation Mginsk Red Banner Division, as well as JSC “State Airline” were stationed at the airfield.

The only aviation squadron of An-22 aircraft in Russia is also based at “Migalovo”. The airfield is actively used, sometimes up to 50 aircraft approaches are made per day during training flights. Many aircraft approach for landing over the center of Tver.