On February 28, several Russian cities were simultaneously attacked by drones. Also, the airspace of St. Petersburg was closed for an hour – the media writes that such a decision was made because of an unidentified object, and the Ministry of Defense explains the incident with a air defense training. What is known about this can be found in the RTVI material.
Belgorod
On the evening of February 27, the governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov informed that the wreckage of three unmanned aerial vehicles was found in Belgorod at once. “There are no casualties, but there is destruction: windows are broken somewhere, cars are slightly damaged somewhere,” said the head of the region.
Mayor of Belgorod Valentin Demidov declared that one of the drones flew into the apartment window. The remaining drones fell on the streets, three cars were slightly damaged.
According to telegram channel Mash potatoes , one of the drones was carrying “British plastic explosives and metal cluster munitions”. The drones were heading towards an electrical substation.
Tuapse
Residents of Tuapse in the Krasnodar Territory told local media that they heard sounds “like explosions” at night. Those who live on Marshal Zhukov Street claimed that “the house was shaking” and “everything was shaking.”
A few hours later, the city administration commented on the information about the “night claps”. They explained that a fire broke out on the territory of the oil depot on Industrialnaya Street on the night of February 28. After 45 minutes it went out, there was burning, as stated in the message, laundry.
In this street, according to open sources there is an oil refinery “Rosneft”.
Baza and Shot claim that two drones attacked the tank farm. According to them, drones with explosives damaged the boiler room building next to the oil storage. As a result, the canteen’s heating system was damaged, and after the explosion there remained two funnels one and a half meters deep. Shot specifies that the drones exploded about a hundred meters from the oil storage.
RIA Novosti source confirms information about drones. He said that in the area of the oil depot “a drone was fixed”. According to him, the drone was not shot down, but it “didn’t let go”.
Adygea
“An unidentified plane” fell on the night of February 28 in the village of Novy Giaginsky district of Adygeya. This was announced by the head of the republic Murat Kumpilov. According to him, no one was injured. There are “minor destruction of the livestock farm outbuildings” in the village. “Please remain calm. I keep matters of ensuring the safety of the people of the republic under my personal control,” he wrote.
At the Ministry of Defense declared that on the night of February 28, Kiev attempted to use unmanned aerial vehicles to attack civilian infrastructure in the Krasnodar Territory and Adygea. As a result, the drones “have been removed”. “Both drones lost control and deviated from their flight path. One UAV fell on the terrain, another UAV, deviating from the trajectory, did not damage the attacked civilian infrastructure object,” the report said.
Bryansk region
Governor of Bryansk region Alexander Bogomaz informed that above the Surazh region, the Russian armed forces shot down a drone. According to him, he belonged to the Ukrainian army. As a result, no one was injured.
the Moscow region
Shot telegram channel informed that the drone fell near the Gazprom facility in the Moscow region. He was found ten meters from the fence of a gas compressor station in the Kolomensky district.
“Where the drone came from and who it belongs to is still unclear. As a result of the crash, there was no explosion,” read. The downing of the drone in the area of Moscow was also reported Base And Mash potatoes .
Later, the governor of the region, Andrei Vorobyov, confirmed the downing of the drone – it happened near the village of Gubastovo (Kolomensky district). “The target was probably a civilian infrastructure installation, it was not damaged. There are no casualties and destruction on earth,” the region’s leader stressed.
St. Petersburg
Around 11 a.m. Pulkovo airport stopped receiving and dispatching civilian aircraft. The St. Petersburg government confirmed this information, then reported that “flight delays of up to 12 hours have been announced”, and that the airport and its services are “operating normally”.
From the data of the Flightradar24 service, it follows that the airspace of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region was empty. Planes flying to St. Petersburg began to turn around and change course. In the sky above the city, they noticed the exterminated.
St. Petersburg airspace around 11 a.m. on February 28. Screenshot from Flightraday24 website
Baza and Fontanka reported that an unidentified object became the reason for the airspace closure. According “fontanka “, he was noticed 160-200 km from St. Petersburg, according to reports Base from the Gulf of Finland.
Baza wrote that the “Carpet” plan was introduced in St. Petersburg. Such a signal is given by the air defense authorities when illegally crossing the state border of Russia or when unidentified aircraft appear in the airspace. An hour later, restrictions on St. Petersburg airspace were lifted.
Two hours later, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that the Service Forces of the Western Air Defense Area of Responsibility had held a training session on interaction with civilian air traffic control authorities. The department said that during the training, “issues with detection, interception and identification of the intruder’s suspected target, as well as interaction with emergency services and law enforcement emergency order have been resolved”.
