Russia claims UAV attack on Kazan, city’s airport suspends operations, media reposts – photos
Pravda Ukraine
Drones have attacked the Russian city of Kazan, with the city’s airport suspending operations and debris causing a fire at a business.
Source: Russian media and Telegram channels; Vladislav Shapsha, the governor of Kaluga Oblast, on Telegram
Details: Russian Telegram channels claim that Ukraine’s Armed Forces used a Liutyi fixed-wing drone to target factories in Kazan.
Witnesses allegedly spotted one of the drones in the Aviastroitelnyy district.
Reports indicate that explosions were heard in two districts of Kazan – Novo-Savinovskiy and Aviastroitelnyy.
The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency later announced that Kazan airport has been temporarily closed for the arrival and departure of aircraft.
Telegram channels also reported new explosions in various parts of the city.
Meanwhile, authorities in Russia confirmed the suspension of operations at the airports in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, and Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic.
Updated: Russia’s Kaluga Oblast Governor Vladislav Shapsha reported in the morning that air defence systems had destroyed two UAVs in the evening and another four drones overnight. They were downed in the city of Kaluga and the Babyninsky district.
“UAV wreckage fell on the premises of a business on the outskirts of Kaluga. A minor fire that broke out was promptly extinguished by emergency services. Early reports indicate there were no casualties or damage,” he stated.
Astra Telegram channel reported in the morning that drones attacked the Kazan Aviation Plant named after Gorbunov. It is claimed that one of the drones struck an empty tank on the plant’s premises.
The Kazan Aviation Plant named after S. P. Gorbunov, a branch of PJSC Tupolev, is one of Russia’s largest aviation industry businesses. It manufactures Tu-160 strategic bombers and Tu-204 civil airliners.
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