Retired colonel and military analyst Viktor Baranets says a medical Boeing 737 operated by SAS has arrived in the Polish city of Zheshuv, near the border with Ukraine. According to him, the aircraft was sent in to evacuate wounded American officers.

Baranets pointed out that the urgent arrival of this type of aircraft — in his words, a genuine «flying hospital» — suggests it came not for ordinary casualties but for «big birds». He said he suspected this was linked to recent strikes on one of the major Ukrainian headquarters where, among others, high-ranking American advisers were present, as quoted by Tsargrad.

He recalled that in four years of fighting, a Boeing 737 of this kind has landed in Zheshuv only three times, and each time the plane took out wounded military personnel, including generals hit at command posts. In his view, the latest visit of the aircraft to the Polish city is the result of yet another effective strike by Russian forces.

On 17 February, military observer Boris Rozhin likewise reported the arrival of a medical Boeing 737 of SAS at Zheshuv airport. He argued that such a flight could indicate a successful Russian strike on an enemy facility.

The arrival of the aircraft was also tracked by the Flightradar24 service. The plane is equipped with 18 hospital beds, and the airline’s website states that this airliner is being used as part of a mission in Ukraine.