Iranian transport plane takes off from Simferopol’s airport – media
An Iranian transport plane has taken off from Simferopol airport, which has been closed since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion
This is reported by Krym.Realii, citing data from the Flightradar24 air travel service.
The IL-76TD transport aircraft with the call sign EPPUS took off from Crimea at 17:09. The aircraft has now arrived in Russia. According to the same service, this aircraft departed from Tehran for Moscow on September 4.
It should be noted that Simferopol airport has been closed to civilian flights since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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On the night of September 7, the Russian army attempted to attack the Sumy and Odesa regions with drones. Air defense forces destroyed 25 out of 33 Shahed drones in the skies over Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, they were launched from the north, southeast and south. That is, it is possible that they were launched from the territory of Crimea. The aircraft could have been delivering drones to the Russian forces.
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