Chaos at Russian airports: Nearly 100 flights canceled over drone threat (video)
Photo: People are kept out of plane cabins for hours (Getty Images)
In Russian airports, due to the threat of drone attacks, a collapse has occurred. In Moscow and St. Petersburg alone, nearly 100 flights were canceled and hundreds more were delayed, RBC-Ukraine reports, referring to Russian Telegram channels.
According to Baza, the worst situation is at Sheremetyevo Airport near Moscow. There, over 170 flights were delayed, and almost 50 were canceled.
As a result, overcrowding arose. Passengers who have arrived are mixing with those who have not yet left the airport. People are forced to sit and lie on the floor, since there are no free seats even in cafes and business lounges.
In addition, passengers from arriving planes are not being allowed out of the cabin. According to some of them, they have been sitting there for over four hours.
The situation is no better at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport. There, over 30 flights were canceled, and about 100 more delayed. Moreover, the airport suspended operations due to the threat of drone attacks. In this connection, one of the planes that managed to take off from Sheremetyevo returned back to Moscow.
Delays and cancellations were also recorded at other airports in Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kaliningrad, and other cities.
For his part, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported about two allegedly downed drones flying toward the Russian capital.
Drone attack on Russia
This night, several regions of Russia were also under threat of drone attacks. At least in the Voronezh and Saratov regions, as well as in the Chuvash Republic, Russians complained of explosions.
In the morning, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Defense Forces of Ukraine attacked the Borisoglebsk airfield in the Voronezh region. In particular, the enemy Su-34, Su-35S, and Su-30SM aircraft are based there.
Due to the attack, a warehouse with guided aerial bombs was hit, as well as a combat training aircraft and, probably, other aircraft.
Furthermore, as previously reported, the Defense Forces of Ukraine attacked an enterprise in the Chuvash Republic. This refers to the facility of the JSC VNIIR-Progress, which produces antenna arrays for Shahed drones, Iskander missiles, and other precision weapons.
