Russia's largest airports skilled hours-long flight delays and cancellations on July 5, as authorities imposed non permanent restrictions attributable to a reported risk of Ukrainian drone assaults, the pro-Kremlin Telegram channel Shot reported.
Some passengers reported ready greater than 10 hours, based on Shot.
Departures at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport have been halted for a number of hours, delaying over 20 flights. At St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport, roughly 50 flights have been delayed and greater than 20 canceled.
Leningrad Oblast Governor Alexander Drozdenko stated that two drones have been shot down south of St. Petersburg, prompting a short lived suspension of operations at Pulkovo Airport.
The disruptions adopted a wave of Ukrainian drone assaults in a single day, which focused navy and industrial infrastructure in no less than six Russian areas.
The Russian Protection Ministry stated it intercepted 42 drones inside three hours, primarily over the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk oblasts close to the Ukrainian border.
Novaya Gazeta Europe reported in Might that no less than 217 non permanent airport closures have occurred throughout Russia since Jan. 1 attributable to drone threats, greater than in 2023 and 2024 mixed.
The drone marketing campaign, which has more and more disrupted civilian air journey, is a part of Ukraine's broader technique to undermine Russia's logistics far past the entrance line, Serhii Bratchuk, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Protection Military's Southern Division, advised the Kyiv Unbiased.
The same wave of strikes forward of Russia's Victory Day in Might led to large delays, affecting an estimated 60,000 vacationers.
The Kyiv IndependentTim Zadorozhnyy