Russian airport closed and fighter jets raised to intercept UFO

In the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, the Pulkovo airport was closed and fighter jets were taken to the sky due to an unknown flying object in the air.

This was reported by the Russian Telegram channel Baza on Tuesday, February 28.

The publication writes that Saint Petersburg implemented the Carpet plan due to an unknown object in the air. Pulkovo Airport is currently closed and does not accept planes.

"The carpet signal is given when the border is illegally crossed or a UFO appears. The signal means that all aircraft should immediately land or leave the area. According to Baza, fighter jets flew into the sky above the city. Judging by the Flightradar24 service, civilian planes are not approaching to Saint Petersburg," the message said.

200 sq. km of airspace was closed over Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast. Civilian planes were transferred to the waiting area. Tens of thousands of users monitor flights circling the closed area.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on December 5, two Tu-95 missile carriers were damaged by the fall of a drone at the Engels-1 airbase in the Saratov Oblast, from where bombers take off to attack Ukraine.

Russian mass media also reported on the explosion of a fuel tank at the Diaghilev Air Base in the Ryazan region.

On December 5, the Ministry of Defense of Russia confirmed that on the morning of December 5, the Ukrainian military had indeed struck airfields of the Air and Space Forces of the Russian Federation in the Ryazan and Saratov regions.