MOSCOW, May 7. /TASS/. On May 7, the Ukrainian army attempted to attack civilian infrastructure facilities in the St. Petersburg area, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
TASS has compiled the key details known so far.
Attempted attack
- On May 7, the Ukrainian military attempted a terrorist attack on civilian infrastructure in the St. Petersburg area, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
- According to the report, at around 3:20 a.m. Moscow time (12:20 a.m. GMT), air defense and intelligence systems detected a group of six UAVs in Latvian airspace.
- At the same time, Russian airspace surveillance systems detected two French Rafale fighter jets and two F-16 fighter jets in Latvian airspace, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
- At around 4 a.m. Moscow time (1 a.m. GMT), signals from five of the six detected UAVs disappeared near the city of Rezekne in eastern Latvia, the ministry noted.
- According to the report, the sixth UAV was shot down by air defense systems near the village of Likhachevo, 78 kilometers southeast of Pskov, after entering Russian airspace at 4:41 a.m. Moscow time (1:41 a.m. GMT).
UAV wreckage examination
- Following an examination of the debris, the aerial object that launched the attack from Latvian airspace was identified as a Ukrainian-made An-196 Lyuty UAV, the Russian Defense Ministry stated.