Onboard-cam Donetsk Airport: Russen schieten op deze drone..

[Stratofreighter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqS_-NK13d0
...geratel etc vanaf 3.00 , lichtspoormuntie vlak langs de camera vanaf 3.10.

Meer details via
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/chec ... mbat-zone/

A new viral video appears to depict a Ukrainian soldier hurling a small drone aircraft into the air, providing a glimpse into how Kiev’s soldiers are using low-grade military technology against Russian-backed separatists.

The footage has gone viral after being posted to YouTube on Monday and appears to show the drone under gunfire after it takes off. It isn’t clear what kind of aircraft it is, but the video shows the drone buzzing over fields riddled with craters and what looks like an airfield, likely Donetsk Airport.

[Optimus]

I compared it with the images of Donetsk airport on google maps and it is definitely the location. You will note that the drone is overflying the airport from east to west and the various stored a/c on the righthand side of the terminal (Yak-42s) have been destroyed, as well as the Tupolev 154 (?) parked between the tower and the terminal, somewhat more to the western side of the airport.

The destruction of these Yak-42s were also mentioned on this website, last month (incl a few pictures): http://www.asiandefencenews.com/2014/10 ... 42-at.html

Cheers,

Kees

[Stratofreighter]

Ook een bezoekje waard:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... unway.html

As it flies above the crater-riddled fields around the airport, the drone comes under fire from separatists. Bullets can be seen whizzing by (okay, geen lichtspoormunitie dus...) but it is not hit.

It is located on the northern edge of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine's biggest city and is locked between the Ukrainian and separatist-controlled zones.

Renovated only a couple of years ago, ahead of the Euro 2012 football championships co-hosted by Ukraine and Poland, the airport is estimated to have cost almost £500m.

But now the airport that welcomed travelling football fans from across the globe
has been reduced to a heap of twisted metal,
and its runway is filled with burnt-out tanks and abandoned airliners.