Ukrainian Border Guard Service: Russian soldiers continue video-tracking from reconnaissance balloon in Crimea
Ukrainian border guard officers made a video of a reconnaissance balloon of Russian military in the Crimea that was launched again on the 23rd of July near the Ukrainian administrative border, Krym.Realii reported.
“Today, at 9 a.m., border guard officers of the Henichesk department, Berdiansk detachment recorded the launch of a reconnaissance balloon by Russian troops. They use it near Arabat Spit, probably for the purpose of video surveillance,” the Ukrainian agency reported on Saturday.
The Ukrainian agency stated that Russian soldiers also launched the reconnaissance balloon near the administrative border the night before. Ukrainian border guard officers conducted aerial reconnaissance of their own in response.
“In turn, the employees of the Border Guard Service, having carried out aerial reconnaissance, determined that the camera is probably mounted on the front of the Russian balloon and that it is controlled remotely. A group of people aboard vehicles was under the reconnaissance balloon. It landed at 7:25 PM. All the Ukrainian Border Guard divisions were informed of this incident,” the statement said.
Russia has not yet commented on this new report. After the annexation of Crimea by Russia in March 2014, Ukrainian border guards regularly record aerial reconnaissance of Russian military from the peninsula. I was previously reported that the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations established one of the centers of unmanned aviation in Crimea.