In St. Petersburg on February 28, the “Carpet” plan was introduced due to an unknown object in the air. However, the Russian Defense Ministry has already managed to justify itself and lied about the “training”.
The airspace near St. Petersburg was empty. Also, fighter jets were raised over the city, Channel 24 informs.
Russia makes excuses for closing the sky over St. Petersburg
The Russian Defense Ministry has already managed to announce that “a training session on interaction with civilian air traffic control authorities, emergency services and law enforcement agencies” was held.
The ministry emphasized that in the practical part of the so-called “training” fighters from the air defense forces on duty were involved, which made sorties to “work out the issues of interception and identification of the conditional target of the intruder.”
During the training, the issues of identifying, intercepting and identifying the alleged target of the intruder, as well as interaction with emergency services were worked out. Fighters from the duty air defense forces were involved, – they wrote to the Ministry of Defense of the aggressor country.
Russians rave about “Ukrainian drones”
On February 28, the Russian Defense Ministry also stated that at night the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly “tried to use drones” in the Krasnodar Territory and Adygea. However, the electronic warfare units “liquidated” them.
Later, the agency added that one of the “drones” in southern Russia “fell into a field,” and the other allegedly “deviated from the trajectory and did not hit the infrastructure.”
St. Petersburg closed the sky: everything that is known
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In Russian St. Petersburg on February 28, the “Carpet” plan was introduced due to an unknown object in the air. The local Pulkovo airport was also closed.
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The airspace near St. Petersburg was empty. Russian media reported that fighter jets were flying over the city.
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Around 11:00 am, it was reported that the airspace restriction in St. Petersburg had been lifted.
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The network reported that not only over St. Petersburg, but also over the Leningrad region, 200 square kilometers of airspace were closed. Civil aircraft were transferred to the holding area.
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By the way, the media claimed that an unknown flying object was seen 160-200 kilometers from St. Petersburg.
