A mysterious Russian plane nearly reached Kherson, flying over Ukraine (photo).
A mysterious aircraft was recorded in the sky over Ukraine. It was a Russian passenger plane with a maximum flight range of over 11,000 km.
This is supported by data from the Flightradar24 portal. It indicates that the flight took place over Kharkiv, then over Dnipro, and the plane was heading towards Kherson, where it nearly arrived before disappearing.
This incident involves an Il-62M aircraft with tail number RA-86559. It was one of the variants of the base model Il-62.
1 2 3 4 5 It is important to note that since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, the airspace over Ukraine has been closed. However, monitoring services have repeatedly recorded passenger planes flying over various regions of Ukraine.
There could be several reasons for the sightings of aircraft in the sky over Ukraine: transmission of distorted data regarding the aircraft's location, malfunctions in ground receiving stations, GPS interference, active use of electronic warfare, or issues with data processing in the Flightradar service.
Recall that earlier, "Telegraph" reported that in January of this year, a passenger plane was recorded in the sky over Ukraine. This refers to a Turkish aircraft that flew over the Volyn region and then headed towards Belarus.