Drones attacked Russia’s Leningrad Oblast and its regional centre, town of St Petersburg, on Saturday 23 August.
Sources: Alexander Drozdenko, Governor of Leningrad Oblast; Alexander Beglov, Governor of St Petersburg; North-Western Transport Prosecutor’s Workplace of Russia
Particulars: St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport has briefly suspended operations as a result of menace of drones and dozens of flights have been delayed. The regional authorities have additionally warned a few doable cell web slowdown.
Leningrad Oblast Governor Alexander Drozdenko stated one drone had been destroyed within the Tosno district. He later added that three extra drones had been downed there, in addition to one in every of the cities of Kirishi and Gatchina.
Drozdenko urged residents of the oblast to not go close to industrial zones or enterprise premises or to public locations as a result of giant variety of drones within the airspace. He additionally stated he has ordered all the suitable providers to be placed on excessive alert.
St Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov claimed {that a} drone had been downed within the Pushkino district, noting that it occurred at a secure distance from residential buildings. Later, he added that one other drone had been destroyed within the Krasnoselsky district of St Petersburg.
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