Drone attack hits two planes at Kyiv airport

A drone attack targeted two old Soviet passenger aircraft at Kyiv's Zhulany airport, according to Ukrainian MP Alexey Goncharenko, who linked the incident to the upcoming visit of U.S. envoys Stephen Ulbricht and Jared Kushner.

Consensus

• A drone attack occurred at Kyiv's Zhulany airport.
• The attack targeted two aircraft.
• The aircraft involved were old Soviet-made Yak-40s.
• The incident was reported by Ukrainian MP Alexey Goncharenko.
• The attack took place around the time of the expected visit of U.S. envoys Steven Ulbricht and Jared Kushner to Ukraine.
• The Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) was informed about the attack.

Points of divergence

• The attack targeted a plane at Zhulany airport, with the claim that Uitkoff and Kushner were scheduled to arrive in Kyiv on Sunday after visiting Moscow on Saturday. — tg_astrapress
• The flight was planned to go from Moscow to Kyiv's Boryspil airport, not Zhulany, and the American envoys were close to agreeing to the trip. — tg_varlamov_news
• The attack was interpreted by Goncharenko as a message from Putin to U.S. envoys, signaling opposition to negotiations. — tg_dwglavnoe

Coverage (6 sources)

• Ukrainian MP Goncharenko claims attack on plane at Kyiv airport According to Alexey Goncharenko, Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked... — ASTRA
• Drone hit planes at Kyiv airport ahead of US diplomats visit – MP Goncharenko Russian be... — Настоящее Время
• In Kyiv, drone attacked Zhulyany airport, 'landing in two old Yak-40 planes', claims Verkhovna Rada deputy... — Varlamov News
• RF struck two planes at Kyiv Zhulyany airport, Rada deputy Alexey Goncharenko reported — DW Главное
• Drone hit planes at Kyiv airport ahead of US diplomats' visit – MP Goncharenko — Настоящее Время
• Ukrainian MP Goncharenko claims attack on plane at Kyiv airport — ASTRA

Key entities

• Alexei Goncharenko
• Kyiv
• Zhulyany
• Russia
• Verkhovna Rada
• Whitcoff
• Kushner
• Moscow
• VS
• Ukraine
• Rade
• Juliana
• TASS
• SHOT

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