“According to the first data, about six objects have been discovered in the airspace above Kiev (…). They were balloons that moved with the wind,” said the regional military administration of the Ukrainian capital. They may have been transporting spy equipment, the administration added. She assured that “most” of the balloons were shot down. The flying objects set off an air raid alarm in Kiev, which usually happens when missiles approach.
The authorities will collect the debris of the destroyed objects for analysis, the military administration said, which suspects that Russia is using the balloons to activate and locate the anti-aircraft systems.
Earlier, the Ukrainian Air Force believed that with these objects, which cost next to nothing, the Russians want to drive Ukrainian troops “to waste their resources, including their anti-aircraft missiles”.
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