The Service Forces of the Western Air Defense (ADD) Area of Responsibility conducted a training session on interaction with civil air traffic control authorities. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense, reports TASS.
During the training, “the issues of detection, interception and identification of the suspected target of the intruder, as well as the interaction with emergency services and law enforcement in the event of emergency have been resolved,” the agency noted. As part of the practical part of the training, fighters of the air defense forces of the Western Military District were involved, they conducted sorties to “solve the problems of interception and identification of the conditional target of the intruder,” the ministry said.
Previously, on February 28, the airspace of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region was empty. The Baza edition wrote that the Tapis plan was introduced to the city due to an unidentified object in the air. Telegram channel 112 claimed that the object “looks like a large drone”. The fighters were lifted into the air, Baza and 112 noted.
According to Fontanka, the Ministry of Defense, through its channels, transmitted information to the Pulkovo service, according to which an unidentified flying object was seen 160-200 km from St. Petersburg. In this regard, according to the established procedure, the airport did not accept the planes and did not give permission to take off, according to the publication.
The St. Petersburg government around 11 a.m. Moscow time issued a message stating that Pulkovo airport does not temporarily receive or send planes. However, this was later changed – in the new post it was noted that Pulkovo “announced a flight delay of up to 12 hours”, and that the airport and its services are “operating as usual”. . At 12:31 p.m. the government reported that all restrictions have been lifted, the skies above St. Petersburg are open.
