A Russian Geran-4 jet-drone impacted a plane at Zhulanyi Airport in Kyiv today, resulting in a large fire breaking out.
According to my information, the strike occurred on the western side of the airport (in the area marked on the map), impacting one of the aircraft sitting there. Zhulanyi Airport has not been in operation for civilian purposes since the beginning of the war.
De facto U.S. envoy to Putin Steve Witcoff and U.S. Special Envoy for Peace Jared Kushner are set to arrive in in Kyiv via plane on Saturday, landing at Boryspil Airport just east of the city, which would mark the first flight into Ukraine by a foreign official since the beginning of the war.
It's possible that this is a signalling strike by Russia ahead of this unprecedented flight into Ukraine. The presence of American officials in Kyiv would also likely disrupt Russia's ongoing large-scale strike campaign against Kyiv.
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