Drone attacks disrupt air traffic in Russia's Leningrad region

That is according to the Telegram channel Astra, Ukrinform reports.

Residents reported sightings of drones over the cities of Gatchina and Vsevolozhsk, as well as in the areas of Kronstadt and the Volosovsky district. Some eyewitnesses also mentioned hearing explosions and suggested drones might have been shot down.

Leningrad Region Governor Alexander Drozdenko confirmed a drone threat, which resulted in a temporary halt to departures and landings at Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg. More than 70 flights were delayed or canceled.

Additionally, mobile internet in St. Petersburg effectively stopped working following the drone alert.

Later, Rosaviatsiya (Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency) announced that flights from Pulkovo had resumed. However, temporary airspace restrictions in the Leningrad region affected air traffic to Kaliningrad, causing changes to the schedule at Khrabrovo Airport as well.

Governor Drozdenko reported drone debris falling in the Kingiseppsky district and in an industrial zone in Primorsk, Vyborg district.

According to the Russian-language service of the BBC, citing regional authorities, over ten drones were allegedly shot down over the Leningrad region on Sunday.

Drozdenko also stated that a woman was injured by drone debris in the Lomonosovsky district. A house reportedly caught fire in one of the district's settlements due to the incident.

Meanwhile, Russia's Ministry of Defense claimed that 291 drones were allegedly shot down across the country in the past 24 hours.

In the early hours of Sunday, July 27, a drone strike in Russia's Volgograd region damaged a power substation that supplies electricity to railway lines.

Illustrative photo: General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces