Air Danger! Russia Issues First Massive Missile Alert Since War in Ukraine

On the afternoon of February 27, for the first time since the war in Ukraine began, a missile alert was issued simultaneously in at least 13 regions of Russia, most of them not border regions, The Moscow Times reports.

Authorities in Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Chuvashia, Udmurtia, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Penza, Saratov, Orenburg, Sverdlovsk, Rostov and Kursk Regions, as well as Perm Krai, issued warnings of a possible missile attack. At least eight of these regions issued missile alerts for the first time. In some regions, such as Almetyevsk, public transport was suspended. Students in Kazan and Izhevsk were also evacuated, as were employees at the Kurumoch airport in Samara.

Russians announce downing of Ukrainian 'Flamingo' missile

Russian media, citing the Chuvashia government, reported that one Ukrainian 'Flamingo' missile was shot down in the sky over the republic, while the other 'changed course and flew out of the region'.

According to the Russian public service 'Shot', two 'Flamingos' were shot down. Later, the Russian Emergencies Ministry announced the lifting of the 'missile threat' regime. in nine regions of the Volga Federal District.

A drone threat was also declared in a number of regions of the Russian Federation - in the Belgorod, Saratov and Ulyanovsk regions, as well as in the Krasnodar Territory.