Ukrainian Drones Waited for Russia’s $60M Il…
Ukrainian Drones Waited for Russia’s $60M Il…
The massive Il-76 military cargo plane—a four-engine workhorse valued at up to $60 million—had barely settled onto the apron at Kresty Airfield near Pskov. It was late at night, 11:51 p.m., and the aircraft sat heavy on the concrete, thousands of liters of aviation kerosene pumping into its wings. On the tarmac, ground crews maneuvered fuel trucks, dragged thick hoses, and ran power cables across the apron. The airfield was a hive of routine activity, seemingly insulated by four distinct, state-of-the-art layers of Russian air defense.
It was a illusion of safety that lasted less than twenty minutes.
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