Ukrainian coordinates target Russian St. Petersburg in the presence of Putin
The Russian authorities said that Ukrainian aircraft targeted St. Petersburg, on Sunday, which led to the closure of an airport for 5 hours, while the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, visited the city to celebrate the “Naval Day”, despite the cancellation of a maritime show earlier due to security concerns.
According to Reuters news agency, Saint Petersburg usually organizes a large marine show broadcast by television; To celebrate the “Navy Day”, which includes crossing a fleet of battleships and military ships in the Niva River, Putin is attending the celebration.
Official television reported that Russia suspected last year for a Ukrainian plan to attack the city’s military parade.
The Kremlin spokesman, Dimitri Peskov, confirmed today the cancellation of the military parade this year for security reasons, after the initial reports of its abolition at the beginning of this month.
Putin arrived at the city’s navy headquarters in the city, today, on a quick boat for the naval patrols, where he continued as part of training in which more than 150 ships, 15,000 soldiers participated in the Pacific Ocean, the Northern Ocean, the Baltic Sea and the Caspian Sea.
“Today we celebrate this occasion in a realistic atmosphere,” Putin said in a video. We are inspecting the combat readiness of the fleet. ”
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the air defense units shot down a total of 291 Ukrainian drones today, which is less than the record of 524 drones that were shot down in the May 7 attacks, before the Russian military parade on the occasion of “Victory Day” on the 9th of the same month.
Alexander Drozenko, the governor of the Leningrad region surrounding San Petersburg, said more than 10 drones were shot down over the area, and the land of wounded wounded a woman. He added that at 08:30 GMT from Sunday, the attack was repelled.
Bolkovo Airport in St. Petersburg was closed during the attack, where a statement stated that 57 flights were postponed and 22 flights were transferred to other airports. The airport resumed its operations at a later time.
The Russian blogger, Alexander Yunshiv, who is part of an official group of journalists traveling with Peskov, said that the spokesman told him that their journey from Moscow to St. Petersburg was two hours late due to an attack by drones.
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