A Ukrainian UAV was intercepted for the first time in the Leningrad region. According to the Russian military, he was heading towards an oil terminal in St. Petersburg. Earlier, another drone was intercepted near Moscow.
On the night of January 18 at about 01:30, a Ukrainian aircraft-type drone attempted to attack Moscow. He was shot down by air defense systems in the area of Podolsk near Moscow, said the mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin. Information about the attack was confirmed by the Russian Ministry of Defense. “Tonight, air defense forces in the urban district of Podolsk repelled an attack by a drone flying towards Moscow. “According to preliminary data, there is no destruction or casualties at the site where the debris fell,” Sobyanin wrote in his Telegram channel.
Ukrainian UAV first tried to attack St. Petersburg, p.Around the same time, another drone was heading towards St. Petersburg. According to Russian media reports, it was managed to be suppressed by air defense systems over the Leningrad region. This was the first attempt by the Ukrainian military to attack the northern capital since the beginning of the war.
Russian telegram channels reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to attack an oil terminal in St. Petersburg. The drone carried about 3 kilos of explosives. The wreckage of the UAV was found on the territory of the Petersburg Oil Terminal JSC. It was previously established that the drone was an aircraft type with a wingspan of 6 meters and a piston engine.
The port infrastructure was not damaged and no one was injured. “In connection with the incident that occurred in the Leningrad region, I inform you: there were no casualties. <...> Investigative measures are currently underway,” commented happened Governor Alexander Beglov. The “Carpet” plan was introduced at Pulkovo airport; as a result, one flight flying from Yerevan to St. Petersburg was delayed.
According to the Telegram channel “VChK-OGPU”, the UAV shot down near Kanonersky Island. In turn, the SHOT Telegram channel claims that the drone’s target is was nearby oil terminal. Meanwhile, Telegram channel Baza writes about three drones, two of which fell in the Gulf of Finland, and one on the territory of the enterprise. At the same time, SHOT reports that the latter’s infrastructure was not damaged and none of the workers were injured.
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