In Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia, a siren went off at an aircraft and helicopter plant today, evacuating people, and the local airport restricted operations due to a UAV threat, Russian telegram channels reported. the Russian Ministry of Defense claims to have "destroyed" a drone over Tatarstan, UNN reports.
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According to the ASTRA telegram channel, in Kazan today "a siren was sounding at the aircraft and helicopter plants." "People were evacuated from 22 factories, the reason is unknown, local publics write. (Presumably, it is the Gorbunov aviation plant," the message says.
Earlier, the local airport restricted operations due to the threat of UAVs. Local media reported that the airports of Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Naberezhnye Chelny did not accept or release flights due to the threat of drone attacks.
The Russian Ministry of Defense subsequently claimed that "regular air defense means" had "destroyed a drone over the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan".