The airport within the Russian metropolis of Kazan reopened on Saturday after briefly closing earlier within the day following a Ukrainian drone assault, Russia’s aviation watchdog stated.
Russian state information companies reported the drone assault on a residential complicated and different areas in Kazan, some 500 miles (800 km) east of Moscow.
The Defence Ministry stated the town had been attacked by three waves of drones between 7:40 a.m. and 9:20 a.m. (0440 and 0620 GMT). It stated three drones have been destroyed by air defence methods and three others by digital warfare methods.
There have been no casualties reported, companies stated, citing native authorities. The mayor of Kazan stated on Telegram that every one deliberate mass occasions within the metropolis could be canceled over the weekend and that authorities would provide non permanent lodging to evacuees.
The Baza Telegram channel, which is near Russia’s safety companies, printed unverified video footage exhibiting an aerial object crashing right into a high-rise constructing, producing a big fireball.
Russian international ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned the assault, saying Ukraine was “taking out its impotent anger for actual army defeats on the peaceable inhabitants of Russia”.
Airports in Izhevsk, a smaller metropolis northeast of Kazan, and Saratov, some 400 miles (650 km) south of Kazan, had additionally briefly halted flight arrivals and departures, Russia’s aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia stated through Telegram.
Restrictions on the airports have been later lifted, Rosaviatsia stated.
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