““This is not Saab that everyone is expecting.” What aircraft was circling over the Lviv region and why – Girokhov on April 22, 09:00 To share: The most monitored flight on April 21 – UFO with a call sign Welcome, near Lviv, Ukraine (photo: Flightradar24/X) on April 21 in the sky above the Lviv region. SAAB 340 AEW & C arrived in Ukraine. However, OSINT investigators have denied this”, – WRITE ON: UA.news
The most monitored flight on April 21 – UFO with call sign Welcome, near Lviv, Ukraine (photo: Flightradar24/X)
On April 21, a board with a call sign Welcome was noticed in the sky above the Lviv region, so it was suggested that the Swedish reconnaissance aircraft of Saab 340 AEW & C arrived in Ukraine. However, OSINT investigators have denied this inophrmatia.
So what a plane could be, a military expert Mikhail Zhirokhov told Radio NV:
“Absolutely, unfortunately, this is not Saab that everyone is expecting. Judging by the route, from a height and some other characteristics, it is an An-26RT, which conducted aeronautical work on Lviv Airport. Such works are done from time to time to adjust the airport radio equipment. ”
He also voiced his version that it could really be.
“I think this is due to the fact that there is no confirmed information that in the near future the civilian airfield of Lviv for commercial flights can start in the test mode. If you look at the route, the elements that performed this plane (Which, incidentally, was not signed on Flightradar24, was just a call sign), it is more and more like it, ”Zhirokhov said.
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At the same time, he suggested that the Swedish Saab was masked under this aircraft.
Sweden Sweden Transfer SAAB 340 AEW to Ukraine (ASC 890)
On May 30, 2024, the Swedish Prime Minister Samuelson said that Ukraine will receive two ASC 890 radar planes from Sweden within a new military assistance package.
“The package includes two ASC 890 air surveillance planes that will help Ukraine to detect targets at a long distance,” he said.
According to the then air forces speaker of the Armed Forces Elijah Yevlash, the transmission of ASC 890 was to become a powerful strengthening of previously transferred F-16 fighters previously transferred to Ukraine and to help Ukrainian servicemen to identify targets from a safe distance.
The Defense Express named the Swedish Radar Swedish Airplane and the management of a historical event for Ukraine, noting that it was sought to obtain all 33 years of independence.
The World Air 2024 Forces directory stated that Sweden had two ASC 890 units. Their transfer to Ukraine could have influenced the country’s defense capability, and were going to solve the problem by purchasing a new Global Eye radar detection.