The attack. Photo: Telegram channels
Drones attack Russia's Leningrad Oblast: airport suspends operations – video
More than 50 drones have been supposedly shot down in Russia’s Leningrad Oblast, and Pulkovo Airport was temporarily closed.
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Russian authorities have reported that Leningrad Oblast came under a large-scale drone attack on the night of 2-3 May. A total of 51 UAVs were supposedly shot down over the region.
Source: monitoring Telegram channels; Leningrad Oblast Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko
Details: Residents of several cities in Leningrad Oblast reported hearing the sounds of drones flying towards St Petersburg, as well as a series of explosions.
Drozdenko claimed that air defence forces had destroyed more than 50 drones.
As a result, St Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport temporarily suspended operations. According to Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya), it was not receiving or dispatching flights.
Background: Ukrainian drones from the Security Service's Special Operations Centre Alpha, in coordination with Defence Intelligence of Ukraine and the Unmanned Systems Forces, once again struck infrastructure at the port of Tuapse and the Tuapse oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai.
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