In fact it's even possible that the first "Kinzhal missiles" were actually Kh-101 cruise missiles. This has happened in the past, where launch maneuvers were not detected, or mixed up with other activity. The MiG-31Ks could've taken off and conducted launch maneuvers at the same time as to confuse Ukrainian air defence crews as they may expect Kinzhals, but instead receive Kh-101s. Then if you mix in potential tests with long-range ballistics from Astrakhan Oblast, you get a lot of confusion. I'd say this scenario is unlikely, but we will see later on once more reliable information is released.
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The 2 MiG-31K's landed, presumably at Savasleika airbase. Ukrainian monitoring channels noted that a risk of more take-offs remains.
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If the missile launches weren't simulated, then we can expect them to enter the airspace of Ukraine in the next 20 minutes.
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The 2 Tu-95s which were flying in the direction of the Caspian Sea landed at Astrakhan Airbase. No launch maneuvers were carried out. You don't often see Tu-95s land here though.
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The 4 Tu-95s that were heading for Olenya airbase after conducting launch maneuvers have returned in the opposite direction and landed at Engels-2 airbase.
These movements are really weird. I personally haven't seen anything similar before.
These movements are really weird. I personally haven't seen anything similar before.
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Also It doesn't look like any missiles were launched, but let's wait a little longer.
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