The Russian outfit sets the order after the air strikes in the Ukrainian territory

If you believe Russian reports, the country’s northern port has been attacked several times in the past few months.

The drones haven’t been successful in hitting the skies, but the test comes as Russia ramps up operations at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome to deploy a new fleet of internet and data transmission satellites like SpaceX’s Starlink, a space-based network that supports much of Ukraine’s military communications. Plesetsk is a military base located in the Arkhangelsk region of Russia, about 500 kilometers north of Moscow.

The first approval of the Russian space agency for the attempted drone attack in Plesetsk came a few weeks ago, when the head of Roscosmos, the Russian government’s civilian monitoring agency, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.

Dmitry Bakanov, head of Roscosmos, criticized Putin with a list of recent Russian achievements in the space sector. The list was limited, especially in terms of the space power launched, and 17 were launched in 2025, a distant third to the United States and China.

“The great test”

Then the head of Roscosmos told Putin about “perhaps the most exciting event” of the Russian space program in the past year. This was the launch on March 23 of the first batch of Russian Starlink communications satellites. This network, called Rassvet, is being developed by a company called Bureau 1440, which the Russian government has supported with more than $1.2 billion. The first 16 operational satellites of the network were launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket.

“Our friends” did everything in their power to prevent this from happening,” said Bakanov at the April 11 meeting with Putin. “We tried very hard to go to the cosmodrome that day, however, the joint forces of Roscosmos and the Space Forces accomplished their mission. “

Mirny city officials, the closest town to Plesetsk, warned of a “drone threat” in the area between March 22 and 25 during the event. a valid social media account. Local citizens responded to the alert, indicating that the internet was down in the town. City officials said the “temporary restrictions” on mobile Internet use were “necessary with security measures aimed at protecting citizens and essential infrastructure.”