Leningrad Oblast reports drone attack: airport operations restricted

On the night of April 17, a drone attack was declared in the russian Leningrad Oblast - local authorities reported the alleged downing of several drones and the consequences of falling debris.

This was reported by the governor of the region, Aleksandr Drozdenko. According to him, the air alert was declared at around 03:30 am Kyiv time due to the threat of UAVs.

Initially, the official announced three downed drones, later - one more. In the morning, he clarified that the total number of allegedly downed drones had increased to seven.

Flight restrictions were also temporarily imposed at Pulkovo Airport.

According to Drozdenko, in the Pulkovo Heights area, drone debris damaged a car and building windows, and another fall was recorded in the Vyborg district.

As we will recall, Bloomberg wrote that the Ust-Luga port recently resumed crude oil shipments after several days of downtime due to attacks by Ukrainian drones.